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Definition of Momently
1. Adverb. For an instant or moment. "A cardinal perched momently on the dogwood branch"
2. Adverb. At any moment. "She will be with you momently"
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
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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