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English
Etymology
From Middle English momently, equivalent to moment + -ly.
Pronunciation
Adverb
momently (not comparable)
- (archaic) From moment to moment; continually.
- Synonyms: by degrees, little by little, momentarily; see also Thesaurus:gradually, Thesaurus:sequentially
Growing momently more discontent.
1797, S T Coleridge, “Kubla Khan: Or A Vision in a Dream”, in Christabel: Kubla Khan, a Vision: The Pains of Sleep, London: John Murray, , by William Bulmer and Co. , published 1816, →OCLC, page 56:And from this chasm, with ceaseless turmoil seething, / As if this earth in fast thick pants were breathing, / A mighty fountain momently was forced: […]
1819 July 15, [Lord Byron], Don Juan, London: Thomas Davison, , →OCLC, canto II, stanza 188:The silent Ocean, and the starlight bay, / The twilight glow, which momently grew less, / The voiceless sands, and dropping caves, that lay / Around them, made them to each other press […]
1835, Edgar Allan Poe, King Pest:Huge stones and beams falling momently from the decaying roofs above them, gave evidence, by their sullen and heavy descent, of the vast height of the surrounding houses […]
- (literary) Momentarily; for a moment.
- Synonyms: briefly, fleetingly, transiently; see also Thesaurus:temporarily