momentlyadj.
/ˈməʊm(ə)ntli/, U.S. /ˈmoʊmən(t)li/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
a1425 (a1400) Northern Pauline Epist. (1916) 1 Cor. iv. 17 Oure tribulacyoun þat is now momently [L. momentaneum] and lyght.
1817 S. T. Coleridge Satyrane's Lett. i, in Biogr. Lit. (1882) 245 A beautiful white cloud of foam at momently intervals coursed by the side of the vessel with a roar.
2. Recurring or operative at every moment.
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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
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unremoved1455
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long-enduring1527
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endurable1607
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perennious1628
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momently1641
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voluminousa1661
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perennial1676
longeve1678
consequential1681
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lifelong1746
momentary1755
inveterate1780
stabile1797
persistent1826
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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
1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper ii. 152 Moderne Christians, whose very lives are, in short, a dayly, horary, momently breaking of that great Euangelicall precept.
1867 A. D. Whitney Summer in Leslie Goldthwaite's Life xii. 206 He told them of God's momently thought and care.
1897 Econ. Jrnl. 7 523 In the previous reasoning the interest was regarded as accruing at yearly intervals. The argument is easily extended to half-yearly, quarterly, or even momently payments.
1941 G. Taggard Throg's Neck in Long View (1942) 25 O momently-change, here is your source, depth of your power.
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1795 J. Madison Let. 27 Dec. in J. Catanzariti Papers T. Jefferson (2000) XXVIII. 562 Owing to..the momently expectation of the Treaty, nothing is yet done.
1885 ‘M. Field’ Father's Trag. iii. iii. 65 Boot and spur yourself For momently departure.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
momentlyadv.
/ˈməʊm(ə)ntli/, U.S. /ˈmoʊmən(t)li/ Now chiefly archaic and literary.
1. From moment to moment; at every moment.
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the world > action or operation > continuing > [adverb] > in a continuous manner or without stopping > at every moment
throughout1567
momently1595
momentally1612
momentanelya1631
momentaneously1753
momentarilya1763
1595 J. Davidson Memorial of Life & Death of Two Worthye Christians sig. B8 Twise in the day he thought no shame: To passe vntill his wood neerby, Upon his God to call and cry: With many sobbe and sigh for sinne, That momently he did fall in.
1615 P. Gordon Penardo & Laissa i. xi. sig. I8v All these and many thousand their remaines Who to that court doe momently resort The winged boy delights in all their pains.
a1698 W. Row Suppl. in R. Blair Life (1848) (modernized text) ix. 144 Take up the sweet cross of Christ daily, hourly, yea momently.
1747 tr. Mem. Nutrebian Court II. 79 Who was dearer to him than the vital blood that momently circulated in his heart.
1801 R. Southey Thalaba I. iii. 184 The Sun, Whose crescent-pointed horns Now momently decrease.
1839 P. J. Bailey Festus 271 Man, imperfect, is Momently sinning.
1892 I. Zangwill Children of Ghetto i. vii Reb Shemuel's tone became momently more sing-song.
1947 R. Bedichek Adventures with Texas Naturalist xviii. 222 We can't carry laboratory paraphernalia around with us and momently check on the flood of impressions which pour in throughout the waking period.
2.
a. At any moment; on the instant.
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the world > time > relative time > different time > [adverb] > at some future time or one day > at any moment
momently1776
momentarily1869
1776 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 66 113 I will next state the different values..of life-annuities, according as they are supposed to be payable yearly, half-yearly, quarterly, or momently.
a1822 P. B. Shelley Pericles in Ess. & Lett. (1886) 139 In the act of watching an event momently to arrive.
1898 R. Hovey Birth of Galahad v. 107 The messengers come momently, but bring No news of change.
1902 J. Payne Poet. Wks. I. 156 For of a truth the day was near to break, And momently her husband might awake.
b. Instantly, immediately.
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
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lightly?c1225
quickly?c1225
tidelyc1225
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hastilyc1275
i-radlichec1275
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aright1297
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in little wevea1300
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as fast (as)c1300
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mididonec1300
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prestc1300
streck13..
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without delayc1300
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albedenec1330
as (also also) titec1330
as blivec1330
as line rightc1330
as straight as linec1330
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in presentc1330
newlyc1330
suddenlyc1330
titelyc1330
yernec1330
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prestly1340
streckly1340
swithly?1370
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redlya1375
rifelya1375
yeplya1375
at one blastc1380
fresha1382
ripelyc1384
presentc1385
presently1385
without arrestc1385
readilyc1390
in the twinkling of a looka1393
derflya1400
forwhya1400
skeetlya1400
straighta1400
swifta1400
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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
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uncontinent1506
on (upon, in) the instant1509
in short1513
at a clap1519
by and by1526
straightway1526
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at once1531
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indelayedly1535
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suddenly1544
at one (or a) dash?1550
at (the) first dash?1550
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on the nail1569
at (also in, with) a thoughtc1572
indilately1572
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amain1587
straightwise1588
extempore1593
presto1598
upon the place1600
directly1604
instant1604
just now1606
with a siserary1607
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at (in) one (an) instant1611
on (also upon) the momenta1616
at (formerly also on or upon) sight1617
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right away1734
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momentaneously1753
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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
1812 J. C. Luttig Jrnl. Exped. Upper Missouri 4 July (1964) 46 The Bank of the River..fell upon us momently.
1824 J. Hogg Private Mem. Justified Sinner 357 I was momently surrounded by a number of hideous fiends.
a1882 B. Webster Holly Tree Inn (1903) ii. 6/2 I couldn't momently name what was the curiousest thing I have seen.
1932 T. E. Lawrence tr. Homer Odyssey xix Penelope failed to meet this glance or read its meaning, because Athene momently drew her thought away.
1994 T. Clark Junkets on Sad Planet 162 Momently there are two flights of gulls moving One to the east into the dark and one Out of the west.
3. For the moment, fleetingly; = momentarily adv. 1.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [adverb]
short whilec897
littleOE
awhileOE
littlec1175
a litel wanc1200
a while1297
while?a1505
till soona1529
for a moment1593
for a moment1611
short1611
for a flash1625
momentally1646
momentarily1655
for a sudden1688
shortly1809
momently1827
1827 S. T. Coleridge Poems (1924) 465 That quiet perpetual seeking which the presence of the beloved object modulates,..where the heart momently finds, and, finding, again seeks on.
1868 ‘G. Eliot’ Spanish Gypsy iii. 265 Thoughts..look at me With awful faces, from the vanishing haze That momently had hidden them.
1892 Spectator 2 Apr. 451/1 The fall in the price of Silver, which this week momently touched 39d. an oz.,..is creating genuine alarm.
1895 S. R. Crockett Sweetheart Trav. 157 The rain comes in furious dashes, and a chill blue blink looks momently through between.
1974 J. Betjeman Nip in Air 10 From this wide vale..we now are whirled away Momently clinging to the things we knew.
1990 A. S. Byatt Possession x. 193 You acknowledged, however momently (that infinite moment) that at least what I claim is true.
Compounds
momently increased adj. increasing every moment.
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1848 W. H. Ainsworth Lancashire Witches i. ix He..whirled on with momently-increased velocity.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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