"momentarily" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

IPA: /ˈməʊməntɛɹɪlɪi/ [UK], /ˈməʊmɛntɛɹɪlɪi/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-momentarily.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: momentary + -ly. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|momentary|ly}} momentary + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} momentarily (not comparable)
  1. (manner) In a momentary manner; for a moment or instant. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms (for a moment): briefly Translations (In a momentary manner): моментно (momentno) (Bulgarian), even (Dutch), momente (Esperanto), hetkeksi (Finnish), hetkellisesti (Finnish), brièvement (French), momentan (German), egy pillanatra (Hungarian), momentant (Norwegian Bokmål), momentant (Norwegian Nynorsk), chwilowo (Polish), momentan (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-momentarily-en-adv-L-pRkRmQ Topics: manner Disambiguation of 'for a moment': 53 27 20 Disambiguation of 'In a momentary manner': 87 13 1
  2. (US, proscribed, duration) In a moment or very soon; any minute now, any time now. Tags: US, not-comparable, proscribed Categories (topical): Time Synonyms (in a moment): presently Translations (In a moment or very soon): мигновено (mignoveno) (Bulgarian), zo (Dutch), momente (Esperanto), koska hyvänsä (Finnish), millä hetkellä hyvänsä (Finnish), jeden Moment (German), jeden Augenblick (German), hamarosan (Hungarian), straks (Norwegian), veldig snart (Norwegian), øyeblikkelig (Norwegian), imediat (Romanian), вско́ре (vskóre) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-momentarily-en-adv-vGsOmxbl Disambiguation of Time: 16 84 0 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ly Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 50 49 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 49 48 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 2 50 48 Topics: duration, time Disambiguation of 'in a moment': 28 58 14 Disambiguation of 'In a moment or very soon': 12 84 3
  3. Progressively; moment by moment. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms (moment by moment): incrementally
    Sense id: en-momentarily-en-adv-Y712rxRd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ly Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 50 49 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 49 48 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 2 50 48 Disambiguation of 'moment by moment': 5 6 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: shortly, soon, temporarily, progressively, step by step, gradually

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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vskóre",
      "sense": "In a moment or very soon",
      "word": "вско́ре"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "New York Times",
    "William Safire"
  ],
  "word": "momentarily"
}

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