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▪ I. momently, a. rare.|ˈməʊməntlɪ|
[f. moment n. + -ly1.]
1. Occurring at every moment.
1641J. Jackson True Evang. T. ii. 152 Moderne Christians, whose very lives are, in short, a dayly, horary, momently breaking of that great Euangelicall precept. 1867Mrs. Whitney L. Goldthwaite xii, He told them of God's momently thought and care.
2. Enduring for a moment.
1817Coleridge Satyrane's Lett. i. in Biog. Lit., etc. (1882) 245 A beautiful white cloud of foam at momently intervals coursed by the side of the vessel with a roar.
▪ II. momently, adv.|ˈməʊməntlɪ|
[f. moment n. + -ly2.]
1. From moment to moment; every moment.
1676W. Row Contn. Blair's Autobiog. ix. (1848) 144 Take up the sweet cross of Christ daily, hourly, yea momently. 1747Mem. Nutrebian Crt. II. 79 Who was dearer to him than the vital blood that momently circulated in his heart. 1892Zangwill Childr. Ghetto i. vii, Reb Shemuel's tone became momently more sing-song.
Comb.1848H. Ainsworth Lanc. Witches i. ix, He..whirled on with momently-increased velocity.
2. At any moment; on the instant.
1775Price in Phil. Trans. LXVI. 113, I will next state the different values..of life-annuities, according as they are supposed to be payable yearly, half-yearly, quarterly, or momently. a1822Shelley Pericles Ess. & Lett. (1886) 139 In the act of watching an event momently to arrive.
3. nonce-use. Instantly.
1824Hogg Conf. Sinner 357, I was momently surrounded by a number of hideous fiends.
4. For the moment; for a single moment.
1868Geo. Eliot Sp. Gipsy 265 Thoughts..look at me With awful faces, from the vanishing haze That momently had hidden them. 1892Spectator 2 Apr. 451/1 The fall in the price of Silver, which this week momently touched 39d. an oz.,..is creating genuine alarm. 1895Crockett Sweeth. Trav. 157 The rain comes in furious dashes, and a chill blue blink looks momently through between. |