Definition of Momently

1. Adverb. For an instant or moment. "A cardinal perched momently on the dogwood branch"

Exact synonyms: Momentarily

2. Adverb. At any moment. "She will be with you momently"
Exact synonyms: Momentarily

Definition of Momently

1. adv. For a moment.

Definition of Momently

1. Adverb. (archaic) From moment to moment; continually. (defdate from 16th c.) ¹

2. Adverb. (context: now literary) Momentarily; for a moment. (defdate from 19th c.) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Momently

1. from moment to moment [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Momently

moment of inertia
moment of silence
moment of truth
momenta
momental
momentally
momentane
momentaneous
momentany
momentarily
momentariness
momentarinesses
momentary
momentary god
momentary gods
momently (current term)
momento
momentoes
momentos
momentous
momentously
momentousness
momentousnesses
moments
moments of force
moments of truth
momentum
momentumless
momentums
momes

Literary usage of Momently

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... not to say error, in the works of Milne and some other writers. crease indefinitely, or interest to be convertible momently, the above amount becomes ..."

2. Tecumseh, Or, The West Thirty Years Since: A Poem by George Hooker Colton (1842)
"... His eye would momently confess The wanton mind, the sensual soul, That, learned in lures and love's control, Would wile young Beauty from her bower, ..."

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