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Definition of "momently" [mo•ment•ly]

  • From moment to moment. (adverb)
  • At any moment. (adverb)
  • For a moment. (adverb)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "momently" in a sentence
  • "Mervyn Peak uses another form quite often in the Gormenghast books: “momently”, usually meaning “for a moment”, IIRC."
  • "But, as the darkness came on, the throng momently increased; and, by the time the lamps were well lighted, two dense and continuous tides of population were rushing past the door."
  • "I suspect their water has frozen, and shall momently have to go and fill it up."
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