Meaning of MOMENTARY
| Pronunciation: | | 'mowmun`teree
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| | Definition: | | [adj] lasting for a markedly brief time; "a fleeting glance"; "fugitive hours"; "rapid momentaneous association of things that meet and pass"; "a momentary glimpse" |
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| | Synonyms: | | fleeting, fugitive, momentaneous, short |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Mo"men*ta*ry\, a. [L. momentarius. See {Moment}.]
Done in a moment; continuing only a moment; lasting a very
short time; as, a momentary pang.
This momentary joy breeds months of pain. --Shak.
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| | Related Terms: | | annual, biannual, biennial, bimonthly, biweekly, brief, brittle, capricious, catamenial, centenary, centennial, changeable, corruptible, daily, decennial, deciduous, diurnal, dying, ephemeral, evanescent, fading, fickle, fleeting, flitting, fly-by-night, flying, fortnightly, fragile, frail, fugacious, fugitive, hasty, hebdomadal, hourly, immediate, impermanent, impetuous, impulsive, inconstant, instant, instantaneous, insubstantial, lightning-like, menstrual, momentaneous, momently, monthly, mortal, mutable, nondurable, nonpermanent, passing, perishable, presto, quarterly, quick, quick as lightning, quick as thought, quotidian, secular, semestral, semiannual, semimonthly, semiweekly, semiyearly, short, short-lived, temporal, temporary, tertian, transient, transitive, transitory, triennial, undurable, unenduring, unstable, volatile, weekly, yearly |
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