Etymology
Origin of momently
Example Sentences
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The character of Fricka seemed to become momently less goddesslike.
From Time Magazine Archive
Seizure of Axis ships in South American ports was expected momently.
From Time Magazine Archive
I watched her for nearly half-an-hour: during all that time she never turned a page, and her face grew momently darker, more dissatisfied, and more sourly expressive of disappointment.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
He listened, momently expecting to hear sounds betraying the presence of the owners, but the silence of the sombre forest was unbroken save by the lapping of the little wavelets on the near-by lake shore.
From Stranded in Arcady by Lynde, Francis
Or in low murmurs they began, Rising and rising momently, As o'er a harp �olian A fitful breeze, until they ran Up to a sudden ecstasy.
From Poems of James Russell Lowell With biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole by Lowell, James Russell
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