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Webster 1913 Edition
Momently
Mo′ment-ly
,adv.
1.
For a moment.
2.
In a moment; every moment; momentarily.
Webster 1828 Edition
Momently
MO'MENTLY
,adv.
1.
In a moment; every moment. We momently expect the arrival of the mail.Definition 2024
momently
momently
English
Adverb
momently (not comparable)
- (archaic) From moment to moment; continually. [from 16th c.]
- 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, II.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 […].
- 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, II.188:
- (now literary) Momentarily; for a moment. [from 19th c.]