momentallyadv.
/mə(ʊ)ˈmɛntl̩i/, U.S. /moʊˈmɛn(t)l̩i/, /məˈmɛn(t)l̩i/ rare.† 1. From moment to moment. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > continuing > [adverb] > in a continuous manner or without stopping > at every moment
throughout1567
momently1595
momentally1612
momentanelya1631
momentaneously1753
momentarilya1763
1612 Mr. King tr. Benvenuto Passenger i. i. 31 The bodies of liuing creatures remayning in a daily ebbing and flowing, so that momentally the corporall spirits are dissolued.
2. For a moment, momentarily.
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the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [adverb]
short whilec897
littleOE
awhileOE
littlec1175
a litel wanc1200
a while1297
while?a1505
till soona1529
for a moment1593
for a moment1611
short1611
for a flash1625
momentally1646
momentarily1655
for a sudden1688
shortly1809
momently1827
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xxi. 160 Ayre but momentally remaining in our bodies, it hath no proportionable space for its conversion. View more context for this quotation
1941 E. R. Eddison Fish Dinner xviii. 317 Past and present and future loomed now.., to flicker momentally between corpse-fire and charnel-house.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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