fleetingly

ˈflitɪŋli
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Translation of fleetingly into German

Adverb

briefly

in a way that lasts for a short time
  • She smiled fleetingly before turning away.Sie lächelte flüchtig, bevor sie sich abwandte.
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Examples of fleetingly in a sentence

  • He fleetingly considered the offer before declining.

Translations of "fleetingly" in Context ordered by category and frequency

Adverb
flüchtigadv.

People only appear fleetingly and indirectly in the work.

Menschen kommen in dem Werk nur flüchtig und indirekt vor.

Some areas are fleetingly painted, with diffused striae of colour, and become blurred.

Manche Stellen sind flüchtig gemalt, weisen diffuse Farbschlieren auf, werden unscharf.

Thus, the two share a single sensation, if only fleetingly.

Dadurch teilen sie sich einen einzigen, gemeinsamen Sinneseindruck, wenn auch nur flüchtig.

which is really an easy moment to love someone fleetingly, no?

Was nun echt ein einfacher Moment ist, um flüchtig geliebt zu werden.

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fleetingly: Examples and translations in context

Later on we will only seem them fleetingly go past.

Später werden wir sie nur flüchtig vorbei fliegen sehen.

It begins fleetingly, but it deepens and endures.

Flüchtig fängt sie an, doch sie wird tiefer und ausdauernder sein.

The problem now is... that we look at things quickly, fleetingly, superficially.

Leider ist es heute so, dass wir die Dinge schnell, flüchtig, oberflächlich betrachten.

On one or two occasions in the three weeks, it recurred fleetingly for a few minutes.

Zwei oder dreimal in diesen drei Wochen wiederholte es sich flüchtig für einige Minuten.

Lamorak thought fleetingly of Earthly taboos that might be almost as strong.

Lamorak dachte flüchtig an die Tabus auf der Erde, die ebenso mächtig sind.

I was able to observe and photograph this Common Rosefinch fleetingly from the window.

Diesen Karmingimpel habe ich vom Fenster aus flüchtig beobachten und fotografieren können.

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