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Swift is a related term of transitory.

As an initialism swift

is society for worldwide interbank financial telecommunication.

As an adjective transitory is

lasting only a short time; temporary.

swift

English

Adjective

(er)

fast; quick; rapid.

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Capable of moving at high speeds.

Noun

(en noun)

(obsolete) The current of a stream.

A small plain-colored bird of the family Apodidae that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight. Other common names for the birds of this family include swiftlet, needletail and spinetail.

Some lizards of the genus .

A moth of the family , (swift moth), ghost moth.

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Synonyms

* (lizard) (fence lizard), (spiny lizard)

Derived terms

* (steam) swiftwater, * (bird) (common swift) () * (lizard) (fence swift) ()

Derived terms

* swiftly

Adverb

(en adverb)

(obsolete, poetic) Swiftly.

* 1602 , , II. iii. 263:

Light boats sail swift , though greater hulks draw deep.

* 1793 ,

Ply swift and strong the oar.

Synonyms

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transitory

English

Adjective

(en adjective)

Lasting only a short time; temporary.

* 1704 , , Section I - The Introduction,

Secondly, that the materials being very transitory , have suffered much from inclemencies of air, especially in these north-west regions.

* 1839 , , Chapter 38,

Quite unconscious of the demonstrations of their amorous neighbour, or their effects upon the susceptible bosom of her mama, Kate Nickleby had, by this time, begun to enjoy a settled feeling of tranquillity and happiness, to which, even in occasional and transitory glimpses, she had long been a stranger.

* 1922 , , Book Three, Chapter II: A Matter of Aesthetics,

For a moment she paused by the taxi-stand and watched them--wondering that but a few years before she had been of their number, ever setting out for a radiant Somewhere, always just about to have that ultimate passionate adventure for which the girls' cloaks were delicate and beautifully furred, for which their cheeks were painted and their hearts higher than the transitory dome of pleasure that would engulf them, coiffure, cloak, and all.

(legal, of an action) That may be brought in any county; opposed to local .

(Blackstone)

(Bouvier)

Synonyms

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