[tran-si-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, -zi-] 
| 1. | not lasting, enduring, permanent, or eternal. |
| 2. | lasting only a short time; brief; short-lived; temporary. |
| tran·si·to·ry (trān'sĭ-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē, trān'zĭ-) adj. Existing or lasting only a short time; short-lived or temporary: "the disorder of his life: the succession of cities, of transitory loves" (Carson McCullers). [Middle English transitorie, from Old French transitoire, from Late Latin trānsitōrius, from Latin, having a passageway, from trānsitus, passage; see transit.] tran'si·to'ri·ly adv., tran'si·to'ri·ness n. |
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