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comparative more spasmodic, superlative most spasmodic
Of or relating to a spasm; resembling a sudden contraction of the muscles. examples
Convulsive; consisting of spasms. quotations examples
[…] Dr. Francis Fuller, […] upon wearing a Quick-ſilver Girdle, for the Cure of the Itch, (and that after an inconſiderate and raſh manner) was brought under a violent Spaſmodick Diſtemper, which was ſupposed by himſelf and others to be owing to ſome Mercurial Particles lodg'd in ſome excretory Ducts of the Brain.
1734, T[homas] K[night], A Critical Dissertation upon the Manner of the Preparation of Mercurial Medicines, and Their Operation on Human Bodies; particularly Those Most in Fashion: […], London: Printed for Harmen Noorthouck […], page 52
Intermittent or fitful; occurring in abrupt bursts. quotations examples
The chin was heavy, the nostrils were low and wide, and the lower lip hung loosely except in his moments of spasmodic earnestness, when it shut like a steel trap.
1900 April, Willa Cather, “Eric Hermannson's Soul”, in Cosmopolitan
Erratic or unsustained. examples
Of or relating to the spasmodic poets, a group of British Victorian poets who wrote introspective drama in verse. examples
plural spasmodics
A medicine for suppressing spasms. examples