momently

English edit

From Middle English momently, equivalent to moment +‎ -ly.

momently (not comparable)

(archaic) From moment to moment; continually. [from 16th c.]
Synonyms: by degrees, little by little, momentarily; see also Thesaurus:gradually, Thesaurus:sequentially
- 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. […], published 1816, →OCLC, page 56:
  And from this chasm, with ceaseless turmoil seething, / As if this earth in fast thick pants were breathing, / A mighty fountain momently was forced: […]
- 1819 July 15, [Lord Byron], Don Juan, London: […] Thomas Davison, […], →OCLC, canto II, stanza 188:
  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 […]
- 1835, Edgar Allan Poe, King Pest:
  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 […]
(literary) Momentarily; for a moment. [from 19th c.]
Synonyms: briefly, fleetingly, transiently; see also Thesaurus:temporarily