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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Momently, adv. [Moment n. 1.] Every moment, from moment to moment. — 1679 Edinb. B. Rec. X. 388.
The magistrats are momently troubled at ther houses with solisitatione from [poor indigent persons] c1680 W. Row Blair 144.
To take up the sweet cross of Christ daily, hourly, yea momently
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