momently

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
18
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈməʊməntli/ (UK)

Definition of momently

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. (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

  1. (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 […]”
  2. (literary, not-comparable)Momentarily; for a moment.

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Etymology

From Middle English momently, equivalent to moment + -ly.

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