The Oxford Dictionary in my Mac:
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momentarily |ˌmōmənˈte(ə)rəlē| |ˈmoʊmənˌtɛrəli| |ˌməʊm
(ə)nt(ə)rɪli| |ˈməʊm(ə)nˌtɛrɪli|
adverb
1 for a very short time : as he passed Jenny's door, he paused
momentarily.
2 at any moment; very soon : my husband will be here to pick me up
momentarily.
Thesaurus
momentarily
adverb
1 he paused momentarily briefly, fleetingly, for a moment, for a
second, for an instant.
2 my husband will be here momentarily. See in a moment at moment .
Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA
On Apr 6, 2007, at 5:50 AM, Brian Swale wrote:
>
> My Little Oxford Dictionary has this meaning for "momentary", which is
> "lasting only a moment".
>
> Until I heard the riotous jokes about USA planes landing
> momentarily, no
> other meaning was possible, and in my book, that's still the case :-)
>
> Brian
>
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