Hypertext Webster Gateway: "spasmodically"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Spasmodical \Spas*mod"ic*al\, a.
Same as {Spasmodic}, a. -- {Spas*mod"ic*al*ly}, adv.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
spasmodically
adv 1: with spasms; "the mouth was slightly open, and jerked
violently and spasmodically at one corner" [syn: {jerkily}]
2: in spurts and fits; "I began to write intermittently and
spasmodically"
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