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Definitions of momentary

  1. lasting for a markedly brief time; "a fleeting glance"; "fugitive hours"; "rapid momentaneous association of things that meet and pass"; "a momentary glimpse" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB
  2. Done in a moment; continuing only a moment; lasting a very short time; as, a momentary pang. Webster Dictionary DB
  3. Lasting only for, or done in, an instant; transitory. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.
  4. Momentarily. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.
  5. Lasting for a moment: done in a moment. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.
  6. MOMENTARINESS. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.
  7. Lasting for a moment; happening in a moment. The Clarendon dictionary. By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman. Published 1894.
  8. Lasting but a moment. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.
  9. Done in a moment; lasting a very short time. Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language. By Nuttall, P.Austin. Published 1914.
  10. Done in an instant; lasting an extremely short time. Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.
  11. Lasting only a moment; short-lived, transitory. Hence momentarily adv., momentariness n. [Latin] Concise Oxford Dictionary
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