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# momentary

«momentary» in Mova's school dictionary: **lasting only a very short time, just a moment long** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (momentary, more momentary)

### meaning for a pupil

Momentary means lasting only a very short time, just a moment long. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/momentary/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories a momentary pause, flash or silence, which passes at once

### examples

- There was a momentary silence in the hall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/momentary/#x1)
- I saw a momentary flash of light in the trees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/momentary/#x2)
- The pain was momentary; it soon went away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/momentary/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «momentary» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/momentary/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.