Modifies a noun

• lapse: We could not guess Nelson's momentary lapse from the tone of Mouth of the Nile.

• lull: I only heard it because there had been a momentary lull in the barrage from the big guns.

• glimpse: There was a momentary glimpse of an elegant steam yacht cutting past.

• pause: Taking a momentary pause just to make sure, I hurl myself into the waiting water.

• discomfort: There was a momentary discomfort on penetrating the surface tension of the sub-space artifact.

• panic: Barbara's momentary panic on parting from Beth is shortened.

Modifying Another Word

• but: Life is but momentary, whether you have the poverty of the poorest man in rags or the wealth of the richest living person.

• only: Of course, the good news is only momentary.

• even: Be careful not to make even momentary short circuits with metal tools.

• merely: After all it might be only a chance look, or at best the token of a merely momentary impression.

• either: The remote function can be configured to be either momentary or latched.

• not: Draper offers the opinion that such incidents are not momentary slips on Trotsky's part.