momentary

Speech parts

1. momentary - Adjective

2. momentary - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Done in a moment; continuing only a moment; lasting a very short time; as, a momentary pang.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

fugitive fleeting momentaneous little short inconstant fleet passing brief flying temporary quick unstable short-lived summary
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Antonyms

evergreen long great extended fixed deep
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Phrases with the word

momentary action momentary motion momentary movement momentary attempt momentary trial less momentary

Anagrams

manometry

Examples

Manners are like the shadows of virtues, they are the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow creatures love and respect. Sydney Smith

Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat for it is momentary. Mahatma Gandhi

My films are the expression of momentary desires. I follow my instincts, but in a disciplined way. Roman Polański

The cruelties of property and privilege are always more ferocious than the revenges of poverty and oppression. For the one aims at perpetuating resented injustice, the other is merely a momentary passion soon appeased. C. L. R. James

A man falling into dark waters seeks a momentary footing even on sliding stones. George Eliot

All things are the same,-familiar in enterprise, momentary in endurance, coarse in substance. All things now are as they were in the day of those whom we have buried. Marcus Aurelius

Close letter words and terms

momentany momentarily momentariness momentary action momentary attempt momentary contact switch