momentaryadj.adv.

Brit.

/ˈməʊm(ə)nt(ə)ri/, U.S.

/ˈmoʊmənˌtɛri/

Forms: late Middle English momentare, 1500s momentarry, 1500s momentarye, 1500s–1600s momentarie, 1500s– momentary; also Scottish pre-1700 momantare, pre-1700 momentare.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin mōmentārius.

Etymology: < classical Latin mōmentārius of brief duration, temporary, short-lived, (of a poison) quick-acting < mōmentum (see moment n.) + -ārius -ary suffix¹. Compare slightly earlier momentany adj.

A. adj.

a. Lasting only a moment; of only a moment's duration; transitory.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [adjective]

shortc888

littleOE

shortlya1050

briefc1400

momentlya1425

small?a1439

momentany1447

momentaneous?a1450

stunta1450

momentaryc1485

momentane1510

hourlya1535

sudden1561

momentaneala1581

span-long1593

momentaneana1599

momental1606

narrow1611

timeless1657

concise1785

succinct1796

ultra-short1962

c1485 ( J. Lydgate Serpent of Division (BL Add.) (1911) 52 (MED) Momentare [?a1450 McClean Lo, here ye may considryn..þe schorte and þe momentance time..of all þis werreowrs].

1526 Bible (Tyndale) 2 Cor. iv. 17 Tribulacion, which is momentarry and light.

1590 T. Lodge Rosalynde: Euphues Golden Legacie f. 2^v Their passions are as momentarie as the colours of a Polipe, which changeth at the sight of euerie obiect.

1641 H. Maisterson Serm. 17 A momentary dalliance.

1688 J. Barnes Hist. Edward III iv. xiii. 878 There was only a Momentary Truce taken between the Realms of England and France.

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 75. ⁋8 His Griefs are Momentary, and his Joys Immortal.

1791 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 32/1 This error seems to have arisen from a momentary forgetfulness.

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. xxii. 220 We availed ourselves of a momentary lull to shoulder the sledge.

1890 H. James Tragic Muse i. vii. 127 There was a momentary confusion... But the agitation was over in a minute.

1903 W. H. Gray Our Divine Shepherd 55 The liar may get some momentary benefit..from his falsehood.

1933 Language 9 82 The athematic verbs were primarily durative in aspect, while the thematic were momentary.

1987 Q Oct. 115/1 He was..too young to be involved with the skiffle movement, and too old to notice the momentary aberration of punk.

†b. literary. Of a living being: short-lived; ephemeral. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > age > short-lived > [adjective]

momentary1587

short-lived1598

1587 R. Greene Penelopes Web sig. C2^v Men are..the true disciples of tyme, and therefore momentarie.

1640 F. Quarles Enchyridion ii. c How full of death is the miserable life of momentary Man.

1692 J. Dryden Cleomenes iv. i. 47 I wou'd have swopp'd Youth for old Age, and all my Life behind, To have been then a momentary Man.

1762 R. Lloyd Poems 204 Born like a momentary fly, To flutter, buzz about, and die.

1873 M. Arnold Lit. & Dogma Pref. p. xxxii Truth more complete than the parcel of truth any momentary individual can seize.

†2. Ready at the moment. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey III. xiv. 552 Hardly waking yet, Sprung in his mind the momentary wit.

†3. Recurring or operative at every moment. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > [adjective] > long-lasting or enduring

longeOE

longsomeeOE

long of lifeOE

lastinga1225

cleaving1340

continualc1340

dwellingc1380

long-livinga1382

everlastingc1384

long-duringa1387

long-lasting?a1400

long-liveda1400

broadc1400

permanable?c1422

perseverant?a1425

permanentc1425

perdurable?a1439

continuedc1440

abiding1448

unremoved1455

eternalc1460

long-continued1464

continuing1526

long-enduring1527

enduring1532

immortal1538

diuturn?1541

veterated1547

resiant?1567

stayinga1568

well-wearinga1568

substantive1575

pertinacious1578

extant1581

ceaseless1590

marble1596

of length1597

longeval1598

diuturnal1599

nine-lived1600

chronic1601

unexhausted1602

chronical1604

endurable1607

continuant1610

indeflourishing1610

aged1611

indurant1611

continuatea1616

perennious1628

seculara1631

undiscontinueda1631

continuated1632

untransitory1632

long-spun1633

momently1641

stative1643

outliving1645

constant1653

long-descended1660

voluminousa1661

perduring1664

perdurant1671

livelong1673

perennial1676

longeve1678

consequential1681

unquenched1703

lifelong1746

momentary1755

inveterate1780

stabile1797

persistent1826

unpassing1831

all-time1846

year-long1846

teak-built1847

lengthful1855

long-term1867

long haul1873

sticky1879

week-to-week1879

perenduring1883

long-range1885

longish1889

long-time1902

long run1904

long-life1915

1755 T. Warton Pleasures of Melancholy in R. Dodsely Coll. Poems IV. 221 Attentive mark The due clock swinging slow.., Measuring Time's flight with momentary sound.

1799 E. Dubois Piece Family Biogr. II. 112 A dealer in the fine arts in momentary fear of a spunging-house.

1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. i. 14 What..are the senses, but five yawning inlets to hourly and momentary molestations?

1869 E. M. Goulburn Pursuit of Holiness viii. 92 God is not only the ground, but the momentary support, of all existence.

†4. Instant, immediate. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > immediacy > [adjective]

ferlyc893

cofc1000

swiftc1000

smarta1325

suddenc1390

undelayed1439

wightlaykec1450

short1480

present1489

indelayed1523

on or upon a (or the) sudden1558

immediate1569

instant1598

momentaneous1657

abrupt1725

presto1767

summary1771

momentary1799

pistolgraph1859

fast1863

1799 E. Dubois Piece Family Biogr. I. 21 An affair that demands a momentary decision.

1847 B. Disraeli Tancred I. ii. xi. 256 I settled..that you were not to go away if anything occurred which required my momentary attention.

†5. Mathematics. = momentaneous adj. 3. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [adjective] > of infinitesimal or imperceptible division of time

imperceived1624

momentaneous1706

momentary1812

1812 J. Playfair Outl. Nat. Philos. I. 21 The change which any variable quantity undergoes in an infinitely small portion of time, is called the Momentary Increment of that quantity.

1833 J. F. W. Herschel Astronomy xi. 323 Between the momentary change of inclination, and the momentary recess of the node there exists an intimate relation.

†B. adv. = momentarily adv. 2.

Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > immediacy > [adverb]

soonc825

ratheeOE

rathelyeOE

rekeneOE

rekenlyOE

thereright971

anonOE

forth ona1000

coflyc1000

ferlyc1000

radlyOE

swiftlyc1000

unyoreOE

yareOE

at the forme (also first) wordOE

nowOE

shortlya1050

rightOE

here-rightlOE

right anonlOE

anonc1175

forthrightc1175

forthwithalc1175

skeetc1175

swithc1175

with and withc1175

anon-rightc1225

anon-rights?c1225

belivec1225

lightly?c1225

quickly?c1225

tidelyc1225

fastlyc1275

hastilyc1275

i-radlichec1275

as soon asc1290

aright1297

bedenea1300

in little wevea1300

withoute(n dwella1300

alrightc1300

as fast (as)c1300

at firstc1300

in placec1300

in the placec1300

mididonec1300

outrightc1300

prestc1300

streck13..

titec1300

without delayc1300

that stounds1303

rada1325

readya1325

apacec1325

albedenec1330

as (also also) titec1330

as blivec1330

as line rightc1330

as straight as linec1330

in anec1330

in presentc1330

newlyc1330

suddenlyc1330

titelyc1330

yernec1330

as soon1340

prestly1340

streckly1340

swithly?1370

evenlya1375

redelya1375

redlya1375

rifelya1375

yeplya1375

at one blastc1380

fresha1382

ripelyc1384

presentc1385

presently1385

without arrestc1385

readilyc1390

in the twinkling of a looka1393

derflya1400

forwhya1400

skeetlya1400

straighta1400

swifta1400

maintenantc1400

out of handc1400

wightc1400

at a startc1405

immediately1420

incontinent1425

there and then1428

onenec1429

forwithc1430

downright?a1439

agatec1440

at a tricec1440

right forth1440

withouten wonec1440

whipc1460

forthwith1461

undelayed1470

incessantly1472

at a momentc1475

right nowc1475

synec1475

incontinently1484

promptly1490

in the nonce?a1500

uncontinent1506

on (upon, in) the instant1509

in short1513

at a clap1519

by and by1526

straightway1526

at a twitch1528

at the first chop1528

maintenantly1528

on a tricea1529

with a tricec1530

at once1531

belively1532

straightwaysa1533

short days1533

undelayedly1534

fro hand1535

indelayedly1535

straight forth1536

betimesc1540

livelyc1540

upononc1540

suddenly1544

at one (or a) dash?1550

at (the) first dash?1550

instantly1552

forth of hand1564

upon the nines1568

on the nail1569

at (also in, with) a thoughtc1572

indilately1572

summarily1578

at one (a) chop1581

amain1587

straightwise1588

extempore1593

presto1598

upon the place1600

directly1604

instant1604

just now1606

with a siserary1607

promiscuously1609

at (in) one (an) instant1611

on (also upon) the momenta1616

at (formerly also on or upon) sight1617

hand to fist1634

fastisha1650

nextly1657

to rights1663

straightaway1663

slap1672

at first bolt1676

point-blank1679

in point1680

offhand1686

instanter1688

sonica1688

flush1701

like a thought1720

in a crack1725

momentary1725

bumbye1727

clacka1734

plumba1734

right away1734

momentarily1739

momentaneously1753

in a snap1768

right off1771

straight an end1778

abruptedly1784

in a whistle1784

slap-bang1785

bang?1795

right off the reel1798

in a whiff1800

in a flash1801

like a shot1809

momently1812

in a brace or couple of shakes1816

in a gird1825

(all) in a rush1829

in (also at, on) short (also quick) order1830

straightly1830

toot sweetc1830

in two twos1838

rectly1843

quick-stick1844

short metre1848

right1849

at the drop of a (occasionally the) hat1854

off the hooks1860

quicksticks1860

straight off1873

bang off1886

away1887

in quick sticks (also in a quick stick)1890

ek dum1895

tout de suite1895

bung1899

one time1899

prompt1910

yesterday1911

in two ups1934

presto changeo1946

now-now1966

presto change1987

1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey II. viii. 227 She spoke: and momentary mounts the sky: The friendly voice Ulysses hears with joy.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	momentary
释义	momentaryadj.adv. Brit. /ˈməʊm(ə)nt(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈmoʊmənˌtɛri/ Forms: late Middle English momentare, 1500s momentarry, 1500s momentarye, 1500s–1600s momentarie, 1500s– momentary; also Scottish pre-1700 momantare, pre-1700 momentare. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin mōmentārius. Etymology: < classical Latin mōmentārius of brief duration, temporary, short-lived, (of a poison) quick-acting < mōmentum (see moment n.) + -ārius -ary suffix¹. Compare slightly earlier momentany adj. A. adj. 1. a. Lasting only a moment; of only a moment's duration; transitory. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [adjective] shortc888 littleOE shortlya1050 briefc1400 momentlya1425 small?a1439 momentany1447 momentaneous?a1450 stunta1450 momentaryc1485 momentane1510 hourlya1535 sudden1561 momentaneala1581 span-long1593 momentaneana1599 momental1606 narrow1611 timeless1657 concise1785 succinct1796 ultra-short1962 c1485 ( J. Lydgate Serpent of Division (BL Add.) (1911) 52 (MED) Momentare [?a1450 McClean Lo, here ye may considryn..þe schorte and þe momentance time..of all þis werreowrs]. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) 2 Cor. iv. 17 Tribulacion, which is momentarry and light. 1590 T. Lodge Rosalynde: Euphues Golden Legacie f. 2^v Their passions are as momentarie as the colours of a Polipe, which changeth at the sight of euerie obiect. 1641 H. Maisterson Serm. 17 A momentary dalliance. 1688 J. Barnes Hist. Edward III iv. xiii. 878 There was only a Momentary Truce taken between the Realms of England and France. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 75. ⁋8 His Griefs are Momentary, and his Joys Immortal. 1791 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 32/1 This error seems to have arisen from a momentary forgetfulness. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. xxii. 220 We availed ourselves of a momentary lull to shoulder the sledge. 1890 H. James Tragic Muse i. vii. 127 There was a momentary confusion... But the agitation was over in a minute. 1903 W. H. Gray Our Divine Shepherd 55 The liar may get some momentary benefit..from his falsehood. 1933 Language 9 82 The athematic verbs were primarily durative in aspect, while the thematic were momentary. 1987 Q Oct. 115/1 He was..too young to be involved with the skiffle movement, and too old to notice the momentary aberration of punk. †b. literary. Of a living being: short-lived; ephemeral. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > age > short-lived > [adjective] momentary1587 short-lived1598 1587 R. Greene Penelopes Web sig. C2^v Men are..the true disciples of tyme, and therefore momentarie. 1640 F. Quarles Enchyridion ii. c How full of death is the miserable life of momentary Man. 1692 J. Dryden Cleomenes iv. i. 47 I wou'd have swopp'd Youth for old Age, and all my Life behind, To have been then a momentary Man. 1762 R. Lloyd Poems 204 Born like a momentary fly, To flutter, buzz about, and die. 1873 M. Arnold Lit. & Dogma Pref. p. xxxii Truth more complete than the parcel of truth any momentary individual can seize. †2. Ready at the moment. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey III. xiv. 552 Hardly waking yet, Sprung in his mind the momentary wit. †3. Recurring or operative at every moment. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > [adjective] > long-lasting or enduring longeOE longsomeeOE long of lifeOE lastinga1225 cleaving1340 continualc1340 dwellingc1380 long-livinga1382 everlastingc1384 long-duringa1387 long-lasting?a1400 long-liveda1400 broadc1400 permanable?c1422 perseverant?a1425 permanentc1425 perdurable?a1439 continuedc1440 abiding1448 unremoved1455 eternalc1460 long-continued1464 continuing1526 long-enduring1527 enduring1532 immortal1538 diuturn?1541 veterated1547 resiant?1567 stayinga1568 well-wearinga1568 substantive1575 pertinacious1578 extant1581 ceaseless1590 marble1596 of length1597 longeval1598 diuturnal1599 nine-lived1600 chronic1601 unexhausted1602 chronical1604 endurable1607 continuant1610 indeflourishing1610 aged1611 indurant1611 continuatea1616 perennious1628 seculara1631 undiscontinueda1631 continuated1632 untransitory1632 long-spun1633 momently1641 stative1643 outliving1645 constant1653 long-descended1660 voluminousa1661 perduring1664 perdurant1671 livelong1673 perennial1676 longeve1678 consequential1681 unquenched1703 lifelong1746 momentary1755 inveterate1780 stabile1797 persistent1826 unpassing1831 all-time1846 year-long1846 teak-built1847 lengthful1855 long-term1867 long haul1873 sticky1879 week-to-week1879 perenduring1883 long-range1885 longish1889 long-time1902 long run1904 long-life1915 1755 T. Warton Pleasures of Melancholy in R. Dodsely Coll. Poems IV. 221 Attentive mark The due clock swinging slow.., Measuring Time's flight with momentary sound. 1799 E. Dubois Piece Family Biogr. II. 112 A dealer in the fine arts in momentary fear of a spunging-house. 1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. i. 14 What..are the senses, but five yawning inlets to hourly and momentary molestations? 1869 E. M. Goulburn Pursuit of Holiness viii. 92 God is not only the ground, but the momentary support, of all existence. †4. Instant, immediate. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > immediacy > [adjective] ferlyc893 cofc1000 swiftc1000 smarta1325 suddenc1390 undelayed1439 wightlaykec1450 short1480 present1489 indelayed1523 on or upon a (or the) sudden1558 immediate1569 instant1598 momentaneous1657 abrupt1725 presto1767 summary1771 momentary1799 pistolgraph1859 fast1863 1799 E. Dubois Piece Family Biogr. I. 21 An affair that demands a momentary decision. 1847 B. Disraeli Tancred I. ii. xi. 256 I settled..that you were not to go away if anything occurred which required my momentary attention. †5. Mathematics. = momentaneous adj. 3. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [adjective] > of infinitesimal or imperceptible division of time imperceived1624 momentaneous1706 momentary1812 1812 J. Playfair Outl. Nat. Philos. I. 21 The change which any variable quantity undergoes in an infinitely small portion of time, is called the Momentary Increment of that quantity. 1833 J. F. W. Herschel Astronomy xi. 323 Between the momentary change of inclination, and the momentary recess of the node there exists an intimate relation. †B. adv. = momentarily adv. 2. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > immediacy > [adverb] soonc825 ratheeOE rathelyeOE rekeneOE rekenlyOE thereright971 anonOE forth ona1000 coflyc1000 ferlyc1000 radlyOE swiftlyc1000 unyoreOE yareOE at the forme (also first) wordOE nowOE shortlya1050 rightOE here-rightlOE right anonlOE anonc1175 forthrightc1175 forthwithalc1175 skeetc1175 swithc1175 with and withc1175 anon-rightc1225 anon-rights?c1225 belivec1225 lightly?c1225 quickly?c1225 tidelyc1225 fastlyc1275 hastilyc1275 i-radlichec1275 as soon asc1290 aright1297 bedenea1300 in little wevea1300 withoute(n dwella1300 alrightc1300 as fast (as)c1300 at firstc1300 in placec1300 in the placec1300 mididonec1300 outrightc1300 prestc1300 streck13.. titec1300 without delayc1300 that stounds1303 rada1325 readya1325 apacec1325 albedenec1330 as (also also) titec1330 as blivec1330 as line rightc1330 as straight as linec1330 in anec1330 in presentc1330 newlyc1330 suddenlyc1330 titelyc1330 yernec1330 as soon1340 prestly1340 streckly1340 swithly?1370 evenlya1375 redelya1375 redlya1375 rifelya1375 yeplya1375 at one blastc1380 fresha1382 ripelyc1384 presentc1385 presently1385 without arrestc1385 readilyc1390 in the twinkling of a looka1393 derflya1400 forwhya1400 skeetlya1400 straighta1400 swifta1400 maintenantc1400 out of handc1400 wightc1400 at a startc1405 immediately1420 incontinent1425 there and then1428 onenec1429 forwithc1430 downright?a1439 agatec1440 at a tricec1440 right forth1440 withouten wonec1440 whipc1460 forthwith1461 undelayed1470 incessantly1472 at a momentc1475 right nowc1475 synec1475 incontinently1484 promptly1490 in the nonce?a1500 uncontinent1506 on (upon, in) the instant1509 in short1513 at a clap1519 by and by1526 straightway1526 at a twitch1528 at the first chop1528 maintenantly1528 on a tricea1529 with a tricec1530 at once1531 belively1532 straightwaysa1533 short days1533 undelayedly1534 fro hand1535 indelayedly1535 straight forth1536 betimesc1540 livelyc1540 upononc1540 suddenly1544 at one (or a) dash?1550 at (the) first dash?1550 instantly1552 forth of hand1564 upon the nines1568 on the nail1569 at (also in, with) a thoughtc1572 indilately1572 summarily1578 at one (a) chop1581 amain1587 straightwise1588 extempore1593 presto1598 upon the place1600 directly1604 instant1604 just now1606 with a siserary1607 promiscuously1609 at (in) one (an) instant1611 on (also upon) the momenta1616 at (formerly also on or upon) sight1617 hand to fist1634 fastisha1650 nextly1657 to rights1663 straightaway1663 slap1672 at first bolt1676 point-blank1679 in point1680 offhand1686 instanter1688 sonica1688 flush1701 like a thought1720 in a crack1725 momentary1725 bumbye1727 clacka1734 plumba1734 right away1734 momentarily1739 momentaneously1753 in a snap1768 right off1771 straight an end1778 abruptedly1784 in a whistle1784 slap-bang1785 bang?1795 right off the reel1798 in a whiff1800 in a flash1801 like a shot1809 momently1812 in a brace or couple of shakes1816 in a gird1825 (all) in a rush1829 in (also at, on) short (also quick) order1830 straightly1830 toot sweetc1830 in two twos1838 rectly1843 quick-stick1844 short metre1848 right1849 at the drop of a (occasionally the) hat1854 off the hooks1860 quicksticks1860 straight off1873 bang off1886 away1887 in quick sticks (also in a quick stick)1890 ek dum1895 tout de suite1895 bung1899 one time1899 prompt1910 yesterday1911 in two ups1934 presto changeo1946 now-now1966 presto change1987 1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey II. viii. 227 She spoke: and momentary mounts the sky: The friendly voice Ulysses hears with joy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.adv.c1485
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