transiently

1. 1.

   for a very short time

   “these three pions may actually be joined together transiently as a compound particle during the interchange process”

Questions about transiently

What does transiently mean?

transiently means "for a very short time".

How many syllables are in transiently?

transiently has 3 syllables: tran-sient-ly. The stress falls on "tran".

Is transiently a common word?

transiently is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.