Etymology
Origin of momently
Example Sentences
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The character of Fricka seemed to become momently less goddesslike.
From Time Magazine Archive
Seizure of Axis ships in South American ports was expected momently.
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
He looked like an animated bag of flour, Chester said, awkwardly balanced, jolting painfully, and seeming momently ready to tumble off.
From Father Brighthopes An Old Clergyman's Vacation by Trowbridge, J. T. (John Townsend)
Or in low murmurs they began, Rising and rising momently, As o'er a harp �olian A fitful breeze, until they ran Up to a sudden ecstasy.
From Poems of James Russell Lowell With biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole by Lowell, James Russell
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