momently

English

Etymology

From Middle English momently, equivalent to moment +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈməʊməntli/

Adverb

momently (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) From moment to moment; continually. [from 16th c.]
    Synonyms: by degrees, little by little, momentarily; see also Thesaurus:gradually, Thesaurus:sequentially
    • 1797, S[amuel] T[aylor] Coleridge, “Kubla Khan: Or A Vision in a Dream”, in Christabel: Kubla Khan, a Vision: The Pains of Sleep, London: […] John Murray, […], by William Bulmer and Co. […], published 1816, →OCLC, page 56:
      And from this chasm, with ceaseless turmoil seething, / As if this earth in fast thick pants were breathing, / A mighty fountain momently was forced: […]
    • 1819 July 15, [Lord Byron], Don Juan, London: […] Thomas Davison, […], →OCLC, canto II, stanza 188:
      The silent Ocean, and the starlight bay, / The twilight glow, which momently grew less, / The voiceless sands, and dropping caves, that lay / Around them, made them to each other press […]
    • 1835, Edgar Allan Poe, King Pest:
      Huge stones and beams falling momently from the decaying roofs above them, gave evidence, by their sullen and heavy descent, of the vast height of the surrounding houses […]
  2. (literary) Momentarily; for a moment. [from 19th c.]
    Synonyms: briefly, fleetingly, transiently; see also Thesaurus:temporarily
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