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momentary suggests coming and going quickly and therefore being merely a brief interruption of a more enduring state.

He accidentally forgot two students' names and hastily added them at the end -- a momentary omission that inflicted him with lasting embarrassment.

Use the adjective momentary when you want to describe something brief or fleeting, like a momentary pause in a speech or a momentary flash of insight that pops into your head and disappears. If it lasts …

momentary in British English (ˈməʊməntərɪ , -trɪ ) adjective lasting for only a moment; temporary

Definition of momentary adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

1. Lasting for only a moment. 2. Occurring or present at every moment: in momentary fear of being exposed. 3. Short-lived or ephemeral, as a life.

Momentary definition: Occurring or present at every moment.

There are seven meanings listed in OED's entry for the word momentary, six of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

MOMENTARY definition: lasting but a moment; very brief; fleeting. See examples of momentary used in a sentence.