momentarily en · ADV
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /məʊmənˈtɛɹəli/ (UK)
- /ˈməʊməntəɹəli/ (UK)
Etymology
Etymology tree English momentary Middle English -ly English -ly English momentarily From momentary + -ly.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) In a momentary manner; for a moment or instant.
I imagined momentarily that it was four score and seven years ago, that I had just been brought forth from my mother[…]
2010 December 23, Phillip Roth, “Prologue”, in The Great American Novel, →ISBN, page 21:The numbers thin out the further we get from London, so I don't feel guilty when I remove my mask momentarily to scoff some of the snacks I'd bought at Marylebone.
2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 68:
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(US, not-comparable, proscribed) In a moment or very soon; any minute now, any time now.
The system will restart momentarily.
He told me, further, that the second coming was at hand--was looked for momentarily in Jerusalem.
1880, Lew Wallace, chapter 3, in Ben-Hur, a Tale of the Christ:
- (not-comparable) Progressively; moment by moment.
Synonyms
temporarily · soon · shortly · briefly (for a moment) · incrementally (moment by moment) · progressively · step by step · presently (in a moment)
Translations (30)
nn momentant (In a momentary manner) · hu egy pillanatra (In a momentary manner) · de jeden Moment (In a moment or very soon) · bg мигновено (In a moment or very soon) · no øyeblikkelig (In a moment or very soon) · ro imediat (In a moment or very soon) · hu hamarosan (In a moment or very soon) · fi hetkellisesti (In a momentary manner) · fi hetkeksi (In a momentary manner) · eo momente (In a moment or very soon) · nb momentant (In a momentary manner) · nl even (In a momentary manner) · pl chwilowo (In a momentary manner) · es por un momento (In a momentary manner) · bg моментно (In a momentary manner) · nl zo (In a moment or very soon) · no veldig snart (In a moment or very soon) · fr brièvement (In a momentary manner) · no straks (In a moment or very soon) · fi koska hyvänsä (In a moment or very soon) · es momentariamente (In a momentary manner) · ru вско́ре (In a moment or very soon) · ro momentan (In a momentary manner) · eo momente (In a momentary manner) · de jeden Augenblick (In a moment or very soon) · de momentan (In a momentary manner) · fi millä hetkellä hyvänsä (In a moment or very soon) · es en un momento (In a moment or very soon) · ms seketika (In a momentary manner) · ja 間も無く (In a moment or very soon)