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Definition of Momentary
1. Adjective. Lasting for a markedly brief time. "A momentary glimpse"
Similar to: Short
Derivative terms: Fleetingness, Moment, Moment
Definition of Momentary
1. a. Done in a moment; continuing only a moment; lasting a very short time; as, a momentary pang.
Definition of Momentary
1. Adjective. lasting for only a moment ¹
2. Adjective. happening at every moment; perpetual ¹
3. Adjective. ephemeral or relatively short-lived ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Momentary
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Momentary
Literary usage of Momentary
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life by George Eliot (1873)
"But he could not manage finance : he knew values well, but he had no keenness of
imagination for momentary results in the shape ..."
2. The Problem of Asia and Its Effect Upon International Policies by Alfred Thayer Mahan (1900)
"... and the consequent momentary effect upon national action, — the momentary
insistence of the short view, — there is no necessary change in the conditions ..."
3. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1915)
"... the galvanometer was made by throwing in the switch, and the reading of the
instrument was taken after the initial momentary deflection had subsided. ..."
4. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1862)
"It was a most extraordinary thing to see; it was momentary; I do not remember
feeling alarmed at all. Some people went out of church ; seme said there was a ..."