Definition of Momentary

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Definition of Momentary
	Momentary Done in a moment; continuing only a moment; lasting a very short time; as, a momentary pang. Related Definitions: As, Continuing, Done, In, Lasting, Moment, Momentary, Only, Pang, Short, Time, Very

Momentary Quotations

The figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and ends in wisdom... in a clarification of life - not necessarily a great clarification, such as sects and cults are founded on, but in a momentary stay against confusion.
Robert Frost

When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life.
Marcus Aurelius

Praise or blame has but a momentary effect on the man whose love of beauty in the abstract makes him a severe critic on his own works.
John Keats

Scientific thought, then, is not momentary; it is not a static instance; it is a process.
Jean Piaget

Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside a lake in the mountains.
Diane Ackerman

The wish to hurt, the momentary intoxication with pain, is the loophole through which the pervert climbs into the minds of ordinary men.
Jacob Bronowski

Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable.
Lord Chesterfield

My films are the expression of momentary desires. I follow my instincts, but in a disciplined way.
Roman Polanski

An anxious unrest, a fierce craving desire for gain has taken possession of the commercial world, and in instances no longer rare the most precious and permanent goods of human life have been madly sacrificed in the interests of momentary enrichment.
Felix Adler

Manners are like the shadows of virtues, they are the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow creatures love and respect.
Sydney Smith

Momentary Translations

momentary in Dutch is kortstondig
momentary in Italian is momentaneamente
momentary in Swedish is kortvarig

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