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What is the adjective for fleetingly?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb fleet which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

fleet
  1. (literary) Swift in motion; light and quick in going from place to place
  2. (uncommon) Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. agile, lithe, nimble, lissom, supple, deft, lively, spry, limber, active, sprightly, light, acrobatic, lightsome, smart, light-footed, nimble-footed, fleet-footed, quick-moving, twinkle-toed, fast-moving, swift-footed, light of foot, fleet of foot, graceful, nippy, lissome, lithesome, dexterous, quick, gracile, feline, featly, dextrous, light-foot, swift, brisk, flexible, adroit, athletic, zippy, skillful, skilful, light on your feet, adept, nifty, skilled, able, sylphlike, springy … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “The males are quite fleet of foot after the wooing season is over, as they are thin and active, and so wary that it is difficult to approach them.”
      “She tapped furiously, the fleet movement of her thumbs across her phone screen being almost a blur.”
fleeting
  1. Passing quickly.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. momentary, brief, passing, temporary, ephemeral, evanescent, transient, transitory, short, flitting, fugacious, impermanent, quick, meteoric, cursory, deciduous, fading, flash, fugitive, vanishing, swift, volatile, flying, rapid, rushed, shortlived, sudden, vaporous, short-lived, short-term, flash in the pan, fly-by-night, here today and gone tomorrow, hasty, fast, hurried, limited, perfunctory, temporal, lightning, unstable, summary, perishable, little, shifting, overnight, speedy, precipitate, interim, instantaneous … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “A fleeting surge of pride filled her for a second, but it was quickly displaced by disappointment.”
fleeter
  1. comparative form of fleet: more fleet
  2. Synonyms:
      3. agiler, lither, nimbler, lissomer, suppler, defter, livelier, sprier, limberer, sprightlier, lighter, smarter, more active, more acrobatic, more lightsome, more light-footed, more graceful, nippier, more lithesome, more dexterous, quicker, more gracile, more feline, featlier, more dextrous, swifter, brisker, more flexible, adroiter, more athletic, zippier, more skillful, more skilful, niftier, more adept, more skilled, abler, more sylphlike, springier, more tripping, willowier, fitter, more sportive, more elegant, more pliable, more pliant, more flowing, smoother, more elastic, more sinuous … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “There had been times when Ghana seemed fleeter of foot, a shade more imaginative than Germany, but many times when German power prevailed.”
      “McLeod made a desperate effort to get into the running, but Willard was fleeter.”
      “That experience, he says, is why he wants to break down GSK's research teams into smaller, fleeter units that compete for funding.”
fleetest
  1. superlative form of fleet: most fleet
  2. Synonyms:
      3. agilest, lithest, nimblest, lissomest, supplest, deftest, liveliest, spriest, limberest, sprightliest, lightest, smartest, most active, most acrobatic, most lightsome, most light-footed, most graceful, nippiest, most lithesome, most dexterous, quickest, most gracile, most feline, featliest, most dextrous, swiftest, briskest, most flexible, adroitest, most athletic, zippiest, most skillful, most skilful, most adept, niftiest, most skilled, ablest, most sylphlike, springiest, most tripping, willowiest, fittest, most sportive, most elegant, most pliable, most pliant, most flowing, smoothest, most elastic, most sinuous … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Largest and fleetest are the red kangaroos of the wide open plains of inland Australia.”
      “The dromedary that brought me here is the fleetest in all the land of Shinar.”
      “Father Time flew in his fleetest fashion, but no one of the group paid the slightest attention to the fact.”
fleeted
  1. simple past tense and past participle of fleet
  2. Synonyms:
      3. hurried, rushed, dashed, raced, ran, run, sped, speeded, flew, flown, bolted, shot, shotten, scurried, hastened, hurtled, tore, teared, torn, zoomed, zipped, scooted, hared, belted, scuttled, barrelled, barreled, blasted, careered, pelted, bustled, buzzed, bombed, whisked, bundled, whirled, trotted, careened, drove, drave, driven, druv, hustled, blazed, breezed, rocketed, darted, blew, blown, bowled … more
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