momentarily

Adverb

Meaning

Every moment; from moment to moment.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

agora presto New York minute soon immediately quickly shortly briefly temporarily instantly presently provisionally temporally forthwith awhile
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Antonyms

evermore after later always eventually ultimately
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Phrases with the word

momentarily postponed

Examples

The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself. Archibald MacLeish

To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself. Soren Kierkegaard

Thus they went on living in a reality that was slipping away, momentarily captured by words, but which would escape irremediably when they forgot the values of the written letters. Gabriel García Márquez

Kicking leaves you momentarily on one foot, and for that moment you are in a very weak position. If you were to be swept off your feet, you would be finished. This is why lifting your feet off the ground is crazy. Morihei Ueshiba

Concrete is momentarily unformed matter seeking its natural completion, filling in the last corners of its allowed space, finding a form. It is possibility rendered material, hope in an industrial-strength mixer. Mark Kingwell

Temporary isolation is good for guidance. It is good for the mind to remove itself momentarily from something. Toki Pona Proverb

Close letter words and terms

momentaneously momentaneousness momentany momentariness momentary momentary action