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n. the end of something; "the passing of winter"

n. a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another; "the passage of air from the lungs"; "the passing of flatus"

passing, overtaking

n. going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it; "she drove but well but her reckless passing of every car on the road frightened me"

passing, pass, qualifying

n. success in satisfying a test or requirement; "his future depended on his passing that test"; "he got a pass in introductory chemistry"

pass, passing play, passing game, passing

n. (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate; "the coach sent in a passing play on third and long"

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extremely, exceedingly, super, passing

adv. to an extreme degree; "extremely cold"; "extremely unpleasant"

passing, extremely, exceedingly, amain

adv. to an extreme degree or extent; "his eyesight was exceedingly defective"

passing

adj. allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily; "a passing grade"

ephemeral, passing, short-lived, transient, transitory, fugacious

adj. lasting a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is transitory but it is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms"

soul

n. a secular form of gospel that was a major Black musical genre in the 1960s and 1970s; "soul was politically significant during the Civil Rights movement"

extra

adv. unusually or exceptionally; "an extra fast car"

uncommonly

adv. exceptionally; "a common remedy is uncommonly difficult to find"

unusually, remarkably, outstandingly, unco

adv. to a remarkable degree or extent; "she was unusually tall"

jolly, pretty, rather, quite

adv. intensifier, as in "pretty big"

slightly, somewhat, more or less

adv. to a small degree or extent; "his arguments were somewhat self-contradictory"; "the children argued because one slice of cake was slightly larger than the other"

madly, insanely, deadly, deucedly, devilishly

adv. (used as intensives) extremely; "she was madly in love"; "deadly dull"; "deadly earnest"; "deucedly clever"; "insanely jealous"

excessively, overly, to a fault, too

adv. to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits; "too big"

notably

adv. especially; in particular; "notably in the social sciences, the professors teach too much"

grossly

adv. in a gross manner

exceptionally

adv. to an exceptional degree; "it worked exceptionally well"

inordinately, extraordinarily

adv. extremely; "she was inordinately smart"; "it will be an extraordinarily painful step to negotiate"

greatly

adv. to an extraordinary extent or degree; "he improved greatly"

ephemeral, passing, short-lived, transient, transitory, fugacious

adj. lasting a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is transitory but it is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms"

fleeting, fugitive, momentaneous, momentary

adj. lasting for a markedly brief time; "a fleeting glance"; "fugitive hours"; "rapid momentaneous association of things that meet and pass"; "a momentary glimpse"

mortal

adj. subject to death; "mortal beings"

migrant, migratory

adj. habitually moving from place to place especially in search of seasonal work; "appalled by the social conditions of migrant life"; "migratory workers"

fleeting, fugitive, momentaneous, momentary

adj. lasting for a markedly brief time; "a fleeting glance"; "fugitive hours"; "rapid momentaneous association of things that meet and pass"; "a momentary glimpse"

passing

adj. allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily; "a passing grade"

migrant, migratory

adj. habitually moving from place to place especially in search of seasonal work; "appalled by the social conditions of migrant life"; "migratory workers"

brief

adj. of short duration or distance; "a brief stay in the country"

active, on the move

adj. being in physical motion: "active fish in the aquarium"; "a nurse is on the move all day"

afoot(p)

adj. traveling by foot; "she was afoot when I saw her this morning"

agitated, tossing

adj. thrown from side to side; "a tossing ship"

oncoming

adj. moving toward one

automotive, self-propelled, self-propelling

adj. containing within itself the means of propulsion or movement; "a self-propelled vehicle"

awheel

adj. traveling by wheeled vehicle such as bicycle or automobile e.g.; "the public was awheel"

circling

adj. moving in a circle

circulating

adj. moving or flowing in a circuit and returning to the same point: "steam circulating through the pipes"; "the circulating thyroid hormones"

crawling, creeping

adj. moving or progressing very slowly or laboriously esp by or as if by dragging the body along close to the ground: "huge crawling reptiles"; "a creeping tractor"

flowing, streaming

adj. moving smoothly and continuously; "crowds flowing through the canyons of the streets"; "fan streaming into the concert hall"

gushing, pouring

adj. flowing profusely; "a gushing hydrant"; "pouring flood waters"

fluttering, flittering

adj. moving rapidly to and fro (as wings): "fluttering birds"; "the flittering wings of a fledgling"

jetting, spouting, spurting, squirting

adj. propelled violently in a usually narrow stream

itinerant

adj. traveling from place to place to work; "itinerant labor"; "an itinerant judge"

kinetic

adj. characterized by motion; "modern dance has been called kinetic pantomime"

marching

adj. "marching orders"

shuffling, milling

adj. moving about or around: "the milling crowd"

mobile

adj. having transportation available

wheeling, turning, revolving, rotating

adj. turning about an axis

rushing

adj. moving or as if moving with extreme rapidity: "the typical mountain stream is a rushing torrent"; "the rushing yellow of the developing day"

shifting, shifty

adj. changing position or direction; "he drifted into the shifting crowd"; "their nervous shifting glances"; "shifty winds"

whirling, spinning

adj. moving or driven rapidly in a rotary or twisting motion; "a tornado's whirling winds"; "swirling currents"

wiggly, wriggling, wriggly, writhing

adj. moving in a twisting or snake-like or wormlike fashion; "wiggly worms"

waving, streaming

adj. "banners waving in the breeze"

sweeping

adj. taking in or moving over (or as if over) a wide area; often used in combination; "a sweeping glance"; "a wide-sweeping view of the river"

afoot(p), underway

adj. currently in progress; "there is mischief afoot"; "plans are afoot"; "preparations for the trial are underway"

unreeling, unwinding

adj. unwinding from or as if from a reel; "recorded on the unreeling film inside her"; "a long unwinding silk cocoon"

whirling, swirling

adj. moving or driven rapidly in a rotary or twisting motion; "a tornado's whirling winds"; "swirling currents"

interim

adj. serving during an intermediate interval of time; "an interim agreement"

episodic

adj. limited in duration to a single episode; "an account concerned primarily with episodic events such as the succession of rulers"

fly-by-night

adj. ephemeral; "the symphony is no fly-by-night venture"

improvised, jury-rigged, makeshift

adj. done or made using whatever is available; "crossed the river on improvised bridges"; "the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear"; "the rock served as a makeshift hammer"

temporal

adj. not eternal; "temporal matters of but fleeting moment"- F.D.Roosevelt

terminable

adj. capable of being terminated after a designated time; "terminable employees"; "a terminable annuity"

visiting, guest

adj. staying temporarily: "a visiting foreigner"; "guest conductor"

killing, violent death

n. an event that causes someone to die

failing, flunk

n. failure to reach a minimum required performance; "his failing the course led to his disqualification"; "he got two flunks on his report"

permanent, lasting

adj. continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place; "permanent secretary to the president"; "permanent address"; "literature of permanent value"

ageless, aeonian, eonian, eternal, everlasting, perpetual, unending, unceasing

adj. continuing forever or indefinitely; "the ageless themes of love and revenge"; "eternal truths"; "life everlasting"; "hell's perpetual fires"; "the unending bliss of heaven"

incessant, perpetual

adj. occurring so frequently as to seem ceaseless or uninterrupted; "a child's incessant questions"; "your perpetual (or continual) complaints"

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