Antonyms for spasmodic
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : spaz-mod-ik |
| Phonetic Transcription : spæzˈmɒd ɪk |
Definition of spasmodic
Origin :- 1681, from Medieval Latin spasmodicus, from Greek spasmodes "of the nature of a spasm," from spasmos (see spasm) + -odes "like."
- adj twitching, erratic
- It was an element of spasmodic conscience than he saw here, and it troubled him.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- Shocked into spasmodic action, the American jumped from barrel to ratlines.
- Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
- It was strange that he should have slept at all, for there had been spasmodic firing all night.
- Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
- The sole shadow on his career was a spasmodic tendency to be bored. '
- Extract from : « A Great Man » by Arnold Bennett
- But the benefit is spasmodic, discontinuous, and extremely limited.
- Extract from : « Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland » by Daniel Turner Holmes
- Another emitted a spasmodic laugh through his chattering teeth.
- Extract from : « The Rescue » by Joseph Conrad
- His thinking processes were sluggish and spasmodic; but suddenly the truth came to him.
- Extract from : « Victory » by Joseph Conrad
- Her letter was supplicatory, spasmodic, full of sorrow, and full of love.
- Extract from : « Is He Popenjoy? » by Anthony Trollope
- An enemy to spasms in every form, he abhors the Spasmodic School of Poets.
- Extract from : « The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI » by Various
- This control was spasmodic, because of the fewness of the watchbirds.
- Extract from : « Watchbird » by Robert Sheckley
Synonyms for spasmodic
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