spasmodically (adv.)

  1. with spasms; the mouth was slightly open, and jerked violently and spasmodically at one corner

    [ Syn: jerkily , jerkily , jerkily , jerkily , jerkily , jerkily , jerkily , jerkily ]

  2. in spurts and fits; I began to write intermittently and spasmodically'

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