fleetingly

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“
Calliope looked at me fleetingly, as if she were measuring my ability to understand.

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  • It had occurred to him, fleetingly, but then it had gone right out of his mind. —  Maigret and the Loner - Georges Simenon - 101
  • The river was bigger and uglier than any Lester had ever seen in what he thought fleetingly might be his short life. —  Serpents's Silver
  • He kept his tongue clamped between his teeth; his jaw had set Even worse," she declaimed, condemnation in every syllable, the same emotion lighting her dark eyes as she glanced, fleetingly, at him, "when everything ended at Waterloo, you compounded your slights of the past and remained in London, no doubt catching up on all you'd missed in your months abroad Years. —  Stephanie Laurens - A Fine Passion
  • She caught Jack's gaze He grinned fleetingly, then reached for her and shifted her to the side. —  Stephanie Laurens - A Fine Passion
  • He was Russian from head to toe and even up to the tips of his fingernails, with, occasionally and fleetingly, the airs of a great lord. —  The 13 Culprits - Georges Simenon - 1929
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