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momentarily
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1650s, "for a moment," from momentary + -ly (2). Meaning "at any moment" is from 1928.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Momentarily \Mo"men*ta*ri*ly\, adv. Every moment; from moment to moment. --Shenstone. In a moment; in the immediate future.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adv. for an instant or moment; "we paused momentarily before proceeding"; "a cardinal perched momently on the dogwood branch" [syn: momently ] at any moment; "she will be with you momently" [syn: in a moment , momently ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
adv. 1 In a momentary manner; for a moment or instant. 2 (context US English) In a moment or very soon; at any moment. 3 progressively; moment by moment.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES momentarily (= for a very short time ) ▪ He paused momentarily, then knocked twice more. COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ VERB forget ▪ The threat of the soldiers was momentarily forgotten as she struggled to keep her footing ...
Usage examples of momentarily.
When the assemblage point is moving away from its customary position and reaches a certain depth, it breaks a barrier that momentarily disrupts its capacity to align emanations.
It now appears that the unheard-of currents, amounting to millions of amperes, which flowed momentarily in the windings of our generator must have produced a certain extension into four dimensions, for a fraction of a second and in a 7volume large enough to contain a man.
We have seen that the uncertainty principle ensures that even the vacuum of empty space is a teeming, roiling frenzy of virtual particles momentarily erupting into existence and subsequently annihilating one another.
Other carvings emerged from the dim recesses of the cavern, but Batman was momentarily spellbound by the sight of that largest figure.
Azhure hesitated momentarily, then let the birdman lift an unresisting Caelum out of her arms.
As Walker Boh passed into the rocks he looked back momentarily at the cluster of colorless buildings and was reminded of locust shells, hollow and abandoned and fascinatingly ugly.
Ashley sniffed as a bosomy blonde slid into his arms and momentarily rested her head on his shoulder.
Boris winces momentarily as the nematocysts let rip inside his mouth, but in a moment or so, the cubozoan slips down, and in the meantime, his biophysics model clips the extent of the damage to his stinger-ruptured oropharynx.
But along toward the middle of the afternoon Dade became so interested that he forgot all about Taggart, and was only reminded of him when looking up momentarily he saw Calumet sitting on a pile of timber near the ranchhouse, leaning lazily forward, his elbows resting on his knees, his chin on his hands, gazing speculatively into the afternoon haze.
The strangers halted momentarily in their fighting, looking up at Daile and Gamaliel in surprise.
With a flick at the switch he turned off its current and momentarily demagnetized it.
His eyes flickered momentarily to Dor, then back to the steaming metal.
With a jutting knuckle, Willie rapped sharply on the dorsum of the gun hand, and caught the gun as it fell from momentarily powerless fingers.
Momentarily transformed into a miniature particle-beam generator, the duar struck to heart of the monster.
Perry focused in on Ula, who gave the elided camera the startled-doe gaze of one caught in a crime she had momentarily forgotten was illegal, the blankness persisting for only a beat before she flashed the loosest grin of the night, blew the lens a soulful kiss, and scampered nimbly for the house.