What is the meaning of fleeting?

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verb

Move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart.
- usage: "The hummingbird flitted among the branches"
- synonyms: flit, flutter, fleet, dart
Disappear gradually.
- usage: "The pain eventually passed off"
- synonyms: evanesce, fade, blow over, pass off, fleet, pass

adjective

Lasting for a markedly brief time.
- usage: "a fleeting glance"; "fugitive hours"; "rapid momentaneous association of things that meet and pass"; "a momentary glimpse"
- synonyms: fugitive, momentaneous, momentary

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