momently
UK/ˈməʊməntli/
momently adverb: from moment to moment; continually.
Adverb
momently (not comparable)
- From moment to moment; continually.
- Growing momently more discontent.
- And from this chasm, with ceaseless turmoil seething, / As if this earth in fast thick pants were breathing, / A mighty fountain momently was forced: […]1797, S[amuel] T[aylor] Coleridge, “Kubla Khan: Or A Vision in a Dream”, in Christabel: Kubla Khan, a Vision: The Pains of Sleep, London: […] John Murray, […], by William Bulmer and Co. […]...
- Synonyms:
- by degrees, little by little, momentarily, bit by bit, piecemeal, by inches, continually, footmeal, inch by inch, incrementally
- Momentarily; for a moment.
- Synonyms:
- briefly, fleetingly, transiently, awhile, ephemerally, flickeringly, for a minute, momentarily, summarily, temporarily
momently meaning in Urdu
momently in Urdu
- دم بدم, ہرآن, ہردم, ہرلمحے
Examples of momently in a sentence
- The silent Ocean, and the starlight bay, / The twilight glow, which momently grew less, / The voiceless sands, and dropping caves, that lay / Around them, made them to each other press […]1819 July 15, [Lord Byron], Don Juan, London: […] Thomas Davison, […], →OCLC, canto II, stanza 188:
- Huge stones and beams falling momently from the decaying roofs above them, gave evidence, by their sullen and heavy descent, of the vast height of the surrounding houses […]1835, Edgar Allan Poe, King Pest:
Synonyms of momently
- by degrees
- little by little
- momentarily
- bit by bit
- piecemeal
- by inches
- continually
- inch by inch
- incrementally
- gradually
30 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- one by one
- one step at a time
- progressively
- step by step
- stepmeal
- unsuddenly
- in order
- in series
- in succession
- in turn
- severally
- one after another
- one after the other
- one at a time
- sequentially
- serially
- seriatim
- stepwise
- successively
- briefly
- fleetingly
- transiently
- awhile
- ephemerally
- flickeringly
- for a minute
- summarily
- temporarily
- ad interim
- transitorily
Origin of momently
From Middle English momently, equivalent to moment + -ly.
Questions about momently
- What does momently mean?
- Momently means from moment to moment; continually.
- What is momently in Urdu?
- Momently in Urdu is دم بدم, ہرآن, ہردم. See Momently meaning in Urdu.
- How do you use momently in a sentence?
- The silent Ocean, and the starlight bay, / The twilight glow, which momently grew less, / The voiceless sands, and dropping caves, that lay / Around them, made them to each other press […]
- What part of speech is momently?
- Momently is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce momently?
- Momently is pronounced /ˈməʊməntli/ (UK).
Words near momently in the dictionary
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