momentarily

Meanings

• a very short period of time

  - "I will be back in momentarily."
  - "Can you hold the door momentarily?"
  - "The package should arrive momentarily."

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Synonyms

briefly , temporarily , presently , shortly , soon , incrementally , progressively , step by step

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Variants

List of all variants of momentarily that leads to same result
momentarily

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Etymology

origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

Old French moment, from the Latin momentum, which means 'a small weight', and originally referred to the smallest unit of time, which was equal to the time it took for a grain of sand to fall through a small hole. Over time, the meaning of momentum shifted from 'a small weight' to 'a force or momentum'.

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