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[ adverb ] for an instant or moment

Synonyms

momently

Examples

"we paused momentarily before proceeding" "a cardinal perched momently on the dogwood branch"

Used in print

(Frank Oppenheimer, "Science and Fear-- A Discussion...)

In_fact , the recent warnings about the use of X-rays have introduced fears and ambiguities of action which now require more detailed understanding , and thus in_this instance , science has momentarily aggravated our fears .

2
[ adverb ] at any moment

Synonyms

in_a_moment momently

Examples

"she will be with you momently"

Used in print

(Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)

Momentarily the Reds were back in the ball_game , trailing only 6 - 3 , but the drive fizzled when John_Edwards fouled_out with men on second and third and two out .

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Rhymes with

voluntarily militarily secondarily extraordinarily ordinarily merrily wearily warily steadily carefully severally federally centrally necessarily primarily customarily arbitrarily generally temporarily unnecessarily unilaterally statutorily satisfactorily involuntarily internally literally eerily architecturally testily externally readily eternally liberally naturally hungrily unnaturally orally angrily potentially exponentially morally anencephaly environmentally mentally temperamentally tivoli masterfully bilaterally horizontally accidentally successfully coincidentally unilaterally environmentally generally contradictorily developmentally romantically fundamentally perennially scantily fatally unsuccessfully experimentally frantically regretfully literally jauntily professionally incidentally dreadfully peripherally tully specially especially coincidentally accidentally cerebrally royally preferentially confidentially essentially tangentially eventually racially sequentially tearfully kennelly nasally initially tripoli crazily mentally italy perpetually hastily mortally gratefully wonderfully subtly wittily helpfully heavily nattily heartily totally forcefully fundamentally gravitationally developmentally normally materially cheerfully rightfully experimentally temperamentally pragmatically practically critically tastefully pitifully diametrically tactically tactfully sympathetically digitally dutifully pathetically historically parenthetically uncritically politically dramatically optimistically emphatically electrically empirically statistically skeptically hermetically metrically frightfully delightfully artfully mathematically wistfully fanatically majestically magnetically industrially therapeutically thoughtfully respectfully theatrically theoretically federally governmentally journalistically judicially exceptionally radially crucially busily bubbly mightily ruefully regally vitally proportionally gainfully playfully personally painfully napoli monopoly fitfully dorsally commercially beneficially operationally officially occasionally educationally truthfully artificially unofficially faithfully clumsily individually gracefully universally formally unintentionally diastole greedily gravelly substantially broccoli wiggly sicily

Phonetic and Homophones

M OW2 M AH0 N T EH1 R AH0 L IY0

Similar Spelling

momentary momently momentously momentum momentaneous momentous

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