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Synonyms for momentarily
The synonym for momentarily recorded in this bank is briefly, in the sense "for a very short time". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for momentarily
- brieflyadverb, in the sense "for a very short time"
One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day momentarily is audited in a second meaning.
for a very short time
The lights flickered momentarily before the power stabilized.
The true synonym
briefly
Same sentence, swapped: The lights flickered briefly before the power stabilized.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- brightly
- steadily
- dimly
Where momentarily turns up in the game
momentarily is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play momentarily
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so momentarily reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from time at Foothills outward to the whole bank.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. momentarily carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.