Definition of "momentary" adjective comparative more momentary , superlative most momentary
Ephemeral or relatively short -lived . quotations examples
Quotations Yet oh ! what an immense difference did I feel between this impression of a pleasure merely animal , and struck out of the collision of the sexes by a passive bodily effect , from that sweet fury , that rage of active delight which crowns the enjoyments of a mutual love -passion , where two hearts , tenderly and truly united , club to exalt the joy , and give it a spirit and soul that bids defiance to that end which mere momentary desires generally terminate in , when they die of a surfeit of satisfaction !
1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […]