momentarily

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Ross found himself standing at the juncture of two corridors--momentarily, he was absurdly pleased that he had deduced that correctly--and the crawler A man--at least the figure was a two-legged, two-armed body reasonably human in outline--was lying several yards away.

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  1. adverb For a moment or an instant.
  2. adverb Usage Problem In a moment; very soon.
  3. adverb Moment by moment; progressively.

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  • He turned them on momentarily, then turned them off. —  Logic+Emotion
  • Another unearned run for Wooster in the sixth evened things momentarily, as Baldwin-Wallace would go on to tally two scores in the bottom of that frame, including a leadoff home run by Riley Kreisher, as well as two in the seventh and five in the eighth to account for the final nine-run margin. —  www.the-daily-record.com's Homepage Articles
  • I've done my thing with it, and am quite happy with it as it stands momentarily -- though I still might like to add a section on famous recordings. —  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
  • Then her interest centered on something else, momentarily, and she forgot it About the time that the worried rescuers were starting from Wayland Hall, Marjorie was throwing fearless defiance in the faces of her captors. —  Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore
  • It was also very tortuous; and the heights varied momentarily, at one time compelling them to stoop almost double in order to pass beneath some immense projection, and anon increasing so greatly that the light of their torches failed to reach and reveal the roof. —  The Log of the Flying Fish A Story of Aerial and Submarine Peril and Adventure
 

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/ˈmoʊməntərɪli/
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