Etymology
Origin of momently
Example Sentences
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Seizure of Axis ships in South American ports was expected momently.
From Time Magazine Archive
The character of Fricka seemed to become momently less goddesslike.
From Time Magazine Archive
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.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
There was something in her whole attitude and manner calculated to impress the deepest terror on the beholder, and Alan gazed upon her with an awe which momently increased.
From The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South by Harper, Charles G. (Charles George)
Then again a gleam of fierce joy passed momently over his face.
From The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
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