momentarily
adverb
Origin of momentarily
Examples from the Web for momentarily
Contemporary Examples of momentarily
Somebody yanks Chan and elbows him and he is momentarily distracted trying to apprehend his assailant.
While attempting to pull a bin of canned food toward him, Bob is momentarily pulled underwater by a walker sneak-attack.
They are told that this event is important, and they may, momentarily, set aside their skepticism.
Scourges, he says, “are killers who act, momentarily, as agents freed from sacred order and its commanding truths.”
RT brass seemed to have momentarily forgotten, however, that they were in Washington, not Moscow.
Historical Examples of momentarily
He had discovered years before that he was sometimes able thus to puzzle her momentarily.
The SpendersHarry Leon Wilson
"He wants to build," answered Hattie, momentarily encouraged.
Tiverton TalesAlice Brown
Calendar's moon-like visage was momentarily divested of any trace of color.
The Black BagLouis Joseph Vance
Moist flesh if it chanced to touch iron froze to it momentarily.
Bride of the MistletoeJames Lane Allen
Phee-e-al, too, had been only momentarily stunned—he was springing.
Two Thousand Miles BelowCharles Willard Diffin