Momentary
['məʊm(ə)nt(ə)rɪ] or ['moməntɛri]
Definition
(a.) Done in a moment; continuing only a moment; lasting a very short time; as, a momentary pang.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Instantaneous.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Instantaneous, fleeting, transitory,[See INSTANT]
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Examples
- Eternal rigidity had seized upon it in a momentary transition between fervour and resignation. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- She looked at me more intently as she took it, and seemed to take note, with her momentary touch, of every vein in it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- After a momentary whirl in the outer court-yard, the prison-door opened, and shut upon them. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The surprise was momentary. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- But perhaps he was speaking now; there was a momentary hush of their noise, inarticulate as that of a troop of animals. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- But whatever the momentary feeling which caused that flush in her, it went as it came, and she humbly said, I never mean to be, if I can help it. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Its momentary action was made to collapse a pair of clippers, which in closing seized the minute-hand of the clock to which it was attached, and brought it to the hour point. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- There may have been a momentary mantling in the face of the man as he made the last answer, but it passed directly. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He thought, 'But that is very strong,' as he followed the momentary upward glance of her eyes. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- But he did, and his own changed again from that momentary anxiety to its usual expression, as he said cordially. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Gerald knitted his brows in momentary irritation. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The drug gave her a momentary illusion of complete renewal, from which she drew strength to take up her daily work. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- His lamp was pronounced a fake, a myth, possibly a momentary success magnified to the dignity of a permanent device by an overenthusiastic inventor. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Archer had never been more indifferent to the requirements of form; but his impulse to do Lawrence Lefferts a physical injury was only momentary. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- But this, from the momentary perverseness of impatient suffering, she at first refused to do. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Perhaps some momentary recollection of the story of the Princess may have been in her mind. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Lily's taste of beneficence had wakened in her a momentary appetite for well-doing. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- And, through the man in the closed wagon, Gudrun could see the whole scene spectacularly, isolated and momentary, like a vision isolated in eternity. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- A momentary suspension of the payment of debt is not immediately felt by the people, and occasions neither murmur nor complaint. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Oh, no, she exclaimed with a momentary flush, as she took off her cloak. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- She stopped her work in real, momentary astonishment. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She broke a momentary silence by inquiring if he knew that papa had been thinking of another tour abroad? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The light raised by her breath had been very fitful, and a momentary irradiation of flesh was all that it had disclosed of her face. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- He was deliberately cocking his pistol, and, in the momentary silence that followed George's speech, he fired at him. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- She felt an intense longing to prolong, to perpetuate, the momentary exaltation of her spirit. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- As she gave it to me playfully,--for her darker mood had been but Momentary,--I held it and put it to my lips. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- He had a right, of course, to do as he pleased: and yet a momentary damp is cast on the spirits by the receipt of such news. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- But need we fear anything beyond a momentary anger? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Now, that momentary look had said, 'You, of all people! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Emma felt that Mrs. Weston was giving her a momentary glance; and she was herself struck by his warmth. Jane Austen. Emma.
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