Momentarily
['məʊm(ə)nt(ə)rɪlɪ;,məʊm(ə)n'terɪlɪ] or [,momən'tɛrə
Definition
(adv.) at any moment; 'she will be with you momently'.
(adv.) for an instant or moment; 'we paused momentarily before proceeding'; 'a cardinal perched momently on the dogwood branch'.
Editor: Shanna--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) Every moment; from moment to moment.
Editor: Lorna
Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. Momently, every moment.
Inputed by Enoch
Examples
- I quailed momentarily--then I rallied. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- It was at the end of his description of the plant men that I caught his eye fixed momentarily upon something behind me. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- I grieve to leave Thornfield: I love Thornfield:--I love it, because I have lived in it a full and delightful life,--momentarily at least. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Then shortly the brightness would disappear, and the former gloom again obscure the objects that had been momentarily illuminated. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- That he was weakening perceptibly was evident, but so also was the ape, whose struggles were growing momentarily less. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
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