momently
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 15
- Words With Friends
- 18
- Letters
- 8
/ˈməʊməntli/
(UK)
Definition of momently
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adv
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(archaic, not-comparable)From moment to moment; continually.
“Growing momently more discontent.”
“And from this chasm, with ceaseless turmoil seething, / As if this earth in fast thick pants were breathing, / A mighty fountain momently was forced: […]”
“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 […]”
“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 […]”
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adv
-
(archaic, not-comparable)From moment to moment; continually.
“Growing momently more discontent.”
“And from this chasm, with ceaseless turmoil seething, / As if this earth in fast thick pants were breathing, / A mighty fountain momently was forced: […]”
“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 […]”
“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 […]”
- (literary, not-comparable)Momentarily; for a moment.
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Etymology
From Middle English momently, equivalent to moment + -ly.
Words you can make from momently
98 playable · top: METONYM (14 pts)
Best play metonym 14 points6-letter words
8 words5-letter words
13 words4-letter words
26 words3-letter words
31 words- YOM 8 pts
- MEM 7 pts
- MOM 7 pts
- LEY 6 pts
- LYE 6 pts
- TOY 6 pts
- TYE 6 pts
- YEN 6 pts
- YET 6 pts
- YON 6 pts
- ELM 5 pts
- EMO 5 pts
- MEL 5 pts
- MEN 5 pts
- MET 5 pts
- MOL 5 pts
- MON 5 pts
- MOT 5 pts
- NOM 5 pts
- TOM 5 pts
- EON 3 pts
- LET 3 pts
- LOT 3 pts
- NET 3 pts
- NOT 3 pts
- OLE 3 pts
- ONE 3 pts
- TEL 3 pts
- TEN 3 pts
- TOE 3 pts
- TON 3 pts
2-letter words
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