momently en · ADV
Pronunciation
- /ˈməʊməntli/ (UK)
Etymology
From Middle English momently, equivalent to moment + -ly.
Meanings
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(archaic, not-comparable) From moment to moment; continually.
And from this chasm, with ceaseless turmoil seething, / As if this earth in fast thick pants were breathing, / A mighty fountain momently was forced: […]
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: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 […]
1835, Edgar Allan Poe, King Pest:Growing momently more discontent.
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 […]
1819 July 15, [Lord Byron], Don Juan, London: […] Thomas Davison, […], →OCLC, canto II, stanza 188:
- (literary, not-comparable) Momentarily; for a moment.
Synonyms
little by little · in turn · momentarily · severally · momentarily · summarily · serially · step by step · successively · continually · by degrees · briefly · step by step · ephemerally · gradatim · in order · unsuddenly · footmeal · one by one · incrementally · transiently · piecemeal · one after the other · transiently · continually · stepwise · little by little · transitorily · by degrees · in succession · bit by bit · one by one · by degrees · for a minute · one step at a time · temporarily · one after another · in series · momently · one at a time · fleetingly · gradatim · momently · ad interim · sequentially · fleetingly · progressively · flickeringly · one step at a time · briefly · inch by inch · momentarily · by inches · stepmeal · gradually · seriatim · awhile