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momentarily, adv.|ˈməʊməntərɪlɪ|
[f. momentary a. + -ly2.]
1. For a moment.
1654–66Earl of Orrery Parthen. (1676) 519 The offended god, to make those Sentinels sleep eternally, that would not momentarily, sends down Mercury. 1799in Spirit Publ. Jrnls. (ed. 2) I. 72 It may be momentarily palliated by a connection with a more wholesome family. 1878F. A. Walker Money xiii. 266 The price of gold..mounted..from 15·63 to 17·77, rising momentarily even to 20·17. 1891T. Hardy Tess xxix, He released her momentarily-imprisoned waist, and withheld the kiss. 1928‘S. S. Van Dine’ Greene Murder Case iii. 39 The situation probably drove everything momentarily from their minds except the two victims of the shooting. 1975Times 8 Sept. 12/3 One MP..was ‘growled down’... He wondered momentarily if he had wandered into the Lords by mistake.
2. At every moment; moment by moment. rare.
1800Southey Let. to Coleridge 1 May in Life (1850) II. 64, I am interrupted momentarily by visitors, like fleas, infesting a new-comer! 1895J. G. Millais Breath fr. Veldt (1899) 34 The light was also momentarily getting worse.
3. At the moment, instantly.
1799R. Sickelmore Agnes & Leonora I. 8 This was momentarily agreed to. 1801E. Helme St. Marg. Cave II. 60 The friar groaned, but almost momentarily recovered his emotion. 1899W. J. Locke White Dove (1900) iii. 43 Sylvester.., having done all that was momentarily possible, was at last able to reflect.
4. At any moment. N. Amer.
1928Sun (Baltimore) 13 Aug. 1/2 Arrests were expected momentarily as police continued their investigation of the fantastic murder mill. 1944Musical America 25 Mar. 7/4 An addition to the family..is expected momentarily. 1970New Yorker 3 Oct. 30/3 Miss Loren had been delayed in traffic but would arrive momentarily. 1970Daily Tel. 22 Oct. 18 The [Canadian] captain came on the intercom. ‘Please fasten your seat belts,’ he said. ‘We shall be taking off momentarily.’ 1972New York 8 May 6/2 We are expecting our first child momentarily. 1975Publishers Weekly 10 Feb. 52/1 There is one woman who imagines she is in a motel and that her deceased husband will momentarily arrive to pick her up. |