as in shortly
at or within a short time
we'll be finished momentarily
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Recent Examples of momentarily
She may be moved to fight back not when being attacked but in the lull between violent episodes, when the abuser is momentarily disengaged.
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Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
Banchero momentarily saved the night with a block, but possession remained with Los Angeles.
—Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2026
Momentum seemed to have shifted, but only momentarily.
—Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 21 Mar. 2026
From this perspective, the culture wars momentarily recede.
—George Packer, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026
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Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
Banchero momentarily saved the night with a block, but possession remained with Los Angeles.
—Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2026
Momentum seemed to have shifted, but only momentarily.
—Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 21 Mar. 2026
From this perspective, the culture wars momentarily recede.
—George Packer, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for momentarily
Adverb
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Writer Hugo Vickers writes in the upcoming biography Queen Elizabeth II that Philip underwent heart surgery on March 1, 2021, shortly before his death and almost did not make it.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
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That’s how, last night, the best golfer most of us have ever seen slinked out of a Florida jail shortly before midnight and headed off into an uncertain future.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
30 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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The deeper the water, the sooner a vehicle loses traction on the road.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Apr. 2026
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The dots soon became acrid splotches of oil.—
Jeffrey Marlow,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Momentarily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/momentarily. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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