by the moment

Definitions

1. 1

   Very quickly as time passes

   Very quickly as time passes; progressively.

   • But this war was being thrust on us, and our situation was becoming more dangerous by the moment.
   • He's getting crazier by the moment.
   • She clasped her hands in front of her chest. “I'm feeling luckier by the moment.”
2. 2

   Focused on the present moment

   Focused on the present moment; in the present.

   • They do not live by the moment; they do not make soul and body conform to God's time, which is the present moment.
   • I gauged my understanding by comparing the expressions which registered on people's faces with what was occurring by the moment in my own inner reactions to the talk.
   • Now, in hindsight, I see the far-reaching effects this focus on God had on my life and on the miracles I experienced by the moment.

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