MOMENTLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does momently mean? 

• MOMENTLY (adverb)
  The adverb MOMENTLY has 2 senses:

1. for an instant or moment

2. at any moment

  Familiarity information: MOMENTLY used as an adverb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOMENTLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

For an instant or moment

Synonyms:

momentarily; momently

Context example:

a cardinal perched momently on the dogwood branch

Sense 2

Meaning:

At any moment

Synonyms:

momentarily; momently

Context example:

she will be with you momently

 Context examples 

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.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Without one overt act of hostility, one upbraiding word, he contrived to impress me momently with the conviction that I was put beyond the pale of his favour.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)