Etymology
Origin of momently
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Seizure of Axis ships in South American ports was expected momently.
From Time Magazine Archive
The character of Fricka seemed to become momently less goddesslike.
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
As he sank into this dim, delicious world, the sensation of being alive again and in touch with living intelligences grew momently more vivid.
From Across the Stream by Benson, Edward Frederic
And momently there was upon them a chill as of the winter-death.
From The Stars in the Pool A Prose Poem for Lovers by Wallace, Edna Kingsley
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
