adjective
1.
going by or past; elapsing: He was feeling better with each passing day.
2.
brief, fleeting, or fortuitous; transitory: to take a passing fancy to something.
3.
done, given, etc., in passing; cursory: a passing mention.
4.
surpassing, preeminent, or extreme.
5.
indicating satisfactory performance in a course, on a paper, in a test, etc.: a passing grade on a test.
adverb
6.
surpassingly; exceedingly; very.
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Passingly
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
noun
Idiom8.
a means or place of passage.
9.
in passing, by the way; incidentally: The speaker mentioned his latest book in passing.
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