momentary
Syllables: mo·men·ta·ry/ˈməʊmənt(ə)ɹi/US/ˈmoʊmənˌtɛɹi/
momentary adjective: lasting for only a moment.
Adjective
momentary (comparative more momentary, superlative most momentary)
- Lasting for only a moment.
- Happening at every moment; perpetual.
- Ephemeral or relatively short-lived.
- Yet oh! what an immense difference did I feel between this impression of a pleasure merely animal, and struck out of the collision of the sexes by a passive bodily effect, from that sweet fury, that rage of active delight which crowns the enjoyments of a mutual love-passion, where two hearts...1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC
- Tony's face expressed relief, and Nettie sat silent for a moment until the vicar said “It was a generous impulse, but it may have been a momentary one,[…].”1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 20, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC
momentary meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
momentary in Hindi
- lasting for only a moment
- क्षणभंगुर kṣaṇbhaṅgur
momentary in Tamil
- அந்நேரத்தான, நிலைநில்லா, நிலையில்லா
momentary in Marathi
- क्षणिक
momentary in Urdu
- lasting for only a moment
- لمحاتی lamhātī
More languagesFewer languages
- momentary in Bengali
- ক্ষণিক, অল্পস্থায়ী, মুহূর্তকাল স্থায়ী
- momentary in Telugu
- క్షణికమైన
- momentary in Malayalam
- ക്ഷണ, ക്ഷണി, ക്ഷണിക, നെെമിഷ
- momentary in Kannada
- ಕ್ಷಣಿಕ, ಕ್ಷಣಕಾಲಕ್ಕೆ ಮಾತ್ರ ಇರುವ, ತಾತ್ಕಾಲಿಕ, ಅಲ್ಪಕಾಲಿಕ
- momentary in Gujarati
- ક્ષણિક
- momentary in Odia
- କ୍ଷଣିକ
- momentary in Nepali
- क्षणिक
Examples of momentary in a sentence
- Let us hope that this is a momentary blip and does not imply a permacrisis of deceit.
- That momentary hesitation made Correa think he could take off for second.
- No doubt this momentary gain is bought at a ruinous after-cost.
Forms of momentary
| comparative | more momentary |
|---|---|
| superlative | most momentary |
Origin of momentary
From Middle English momentare, from Late Latin mōmentārius (“of brief duration”), from mōmentum (“a short time, an instant”). By surface analysis, moment + -ary.
Words formed from momentary
Phrases with momentary
Questions about momentary
- What does momentary mean?
- Momentary means lasting for only a moment.
- What is momentary in Hindi?
- Momentary in Hindi is क्षणभंगुर (kṣaṇbhaṅgur). See Momentary meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is momentary?
- Momentary is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce momentary?
- Momentary is pronounced /ˈmoʊmənˌtɛɹi/ (US).
Words near momentary in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: momentary (page history and authors); momentary (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); momentary (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); Momentary (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); momentary (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); momentary (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); momentary (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); momentary (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); momentary (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); momentary (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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