fleetingness
fleetingness · fleetingnesses
The quality of being fleetingThe quality of being fleeting.
» Butterflies are beautiful insects that have always symbolised eternity, grace, the fleetingness of life, and change.
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1 senses(countable, uncountable)The quality of being fleeting.
More definitions
- the property of lasting for a very short time
Examples
1 sentencesButterflies are beautiful insects that have always symbolised eternity, grace, the fleetingness of life, and change.
Forms
plural: fleetingnesses| Singular | fleetingness |
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regular
Synonyms
4 synonymstransience:ephemeralityC2
Close in meaning
- the property of lasting for a very short time:ephemeralityephemeralness
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedfleeting
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.