evanescently

Oddly, while one somewhat older woman is as evanescently noticeable as a wisp of exhaust, two somewhat older women together are solid enough to be greeted with “bless your hearts” followed by “dearie.”

In the Fullness of Time Emily W. Upham 2010

My piece will be in your evanescently digital hands by Monday.

Life's Time Capsule: A Minor Delay Weapon of Mass Imagination 2009

An evanescently small amount - infinite parts gin to one part vermouth - less than a molecule - less than a quark - merely wave the vermouth bottle over the shaker - simply bow towards Paris.

Liquid Lunch (Martini Manifesto) Slimbolala 2005

An evanescently small amount - infinite parts gin to one part vermouth - less than a molecule - less than a quark - merely wave the vermouth bottle over the shaker - simply bow towards Paris.

Archive 2005-05-01 Slimbolala 2005

But he walks with, again, extraordinary lightness and grace, and the outstretched fingers of his leading hand call our attention to the trees in the background, and the wonderful lightness of their appendages, which are emphasized again, even lighter and more evanescently, in their reflection in the water.

I, Hippopotamus Bruce Schauble 2007

But he walks with, again, extraordinary lightness and grace, and the outstretched fingers of his leading hand call our attention to the trees in the background, and the wonderful lightness of their appendages, which are emphasized again, even lighter and more evanescently, in their reflection in the water.

Archive 2007-11-01 Bruce Schauble 2007

Then was the time that the strange big things which filter through your dreams linger evanescently in your mind to ponder over.

Missy Dana Gatlin

He has to deal with parents actual and possible, but the offspring are seen evanescently, often loom in the distance, and sometimes can't be got to exist even when most desired.

The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author John Hill Burton

Here reality is mirrored so faintly and tremulously, so brokenly, so as it seems evanescently, that the simplest things may be purged and refined into suggestions of exquisite beauty.

Impressions and Comments Havelock Ellis 1899

Such was Stephen Thorle, a governess in the nursery of Chelsea-bred religions, a skilled window-dresser in the emporium of his own personality, and needless to say, evanescently popular amid a wide but shifting circle of acquaintances.

The Unbearable Bassington 1870-1916 Saki 1893