“Momently is an older word than momentarily, and it had so much potential. It could have been a contender for a permanent spot in the English lexicon, and it was indeed used for a time. The only problem is that it wasn’t used consistently with a consistent meaning. (We’re sticklers for that kind of thing.)
MO’MENTLY, adverb For a moment.
- In a moment; every moment. We momently expect the arrival of the mail.
Wordsworth to Coleridge:
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…the stream shot from between the rows of icicles in irregular fits of strength and with a body of water that momently varied.
With good literary use to its credit, it remained for momently to become established in the language. Unfortunately for momently (and for all of us), the word’s sense drifted further.
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Motus Mundi 