Emily Dickinson Lexicon

passing, verbal adj. [see pass, v.] (webplay: air, array, bear, bird, change, come, condition, country, die, day, earth, eye, fit, flower, go, grace, hinderance, judgment, light, narrow, passing fair, passing strange, permission, road, season, sentence, sight, sun, time, try, wait, winter's).

1. Occurring; taking place; in progress.
2. Temporary; brief; transitory; momentary; fleeting.
3. Elapsing.
4. Moving by; traveling near.