momentarily
/ˈməʊməntəɹəli/ adverb B2- In a momentary manner; for a moment or instant.
- In a moment or very soon; any minute now, any time now. · The system will restart momentarily.
- Progressively; moment by moment.
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He obeyed, not without some uneasiness, which, momentarily increasing, caused his mind, instead of being as unoccupied as it was when he began his journey, to fill with ideas which were very likely to keep a traveller awake, more especially one in such a situation as Danglars.
Hence that immense fortune, which, in Lord Wilmore’s opinion, possibly amounted to one or two millions per annum,—a precarious fortune, which might be momentarily lost by the failure of the mine.
It was now his turn to look about him; the Hôtel de Ville, a massive sixteenth century building, was on his right; anyone could descend from the openings in the tower, and examine every corner of the roof below, and Andrea expected momentarily to see the head of a gendarme appear at one of these openings.
He turned towards Noirtier; the pallor and anguish expressed on his countenance momentarily increased.
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