Momentarily Meaning
/ˈməʊməntəɹəli/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
advIn a momentary manner; for a moment or instant.
advIn a moment or very soon; any minute now, any time now.
Sentence Examples
I must have stolen it when I lost control of myself momentarily.
I was absent-minded momentarily.
We will be landing at Tokyo International Airport momentarily.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The captain announced that the plane would land ____ in just a few seconds.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The speaker paused ____ to take a quick sip of water before continueing with her very interesting presentation about space.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English momentary Middle English -ly English -ly English momentarily From momentary + -ly.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"I imagined momentarily that it was four score and seven years ago, that I had just been brought forth from my mother[…]"
— 2010 December 23, Phillip Roth, “Prologue”, in The Great American Novel, →ISBN, page 21:
"The numbers thin out the further we get from London, so I don't feel guilty when I remove my mask momentarily to scoff some of the snacks I'd bought at Marylebone."
— 2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 68:
"He told me, further, that the second coming was at hand--was looked for momentarily in Jerusalem."
— 1880, Lew Wallace, chapter 3, in Ben-Hur, a Tale of the Christ:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The captain announced that the plane would land ____ in just a few seconds.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The speaker paused ____ to take a quick sip of water before continueing with her very interesting presentation about space.