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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as spasmodic.

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  • adjective Having, or having to do with, a spasm or spasms

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Examples

  • I had expired between spasmatic blinking, so my orbits remained separated and wide and possessing the same soul-stealing quality they had exhibited in life.

    From Beyond 2010

  • I remember thinking how there was no way any Democrat could fail to demolish Bush in 2004, until Kerry got swift-boated and ran a very sporadic, spasmatic campaign.

    Hillary Camp's Strategic Dilemma: How To Tout National Polls? 2009

  • I have had constipation, bloating, sharp spasmatic intestinal pain and general lethargy.

    6-Week Cure blog idea II | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2009

  • These are the only shots Jeanne took that are not entirely ruined by my big, white blur of a spasmatic hand.

    Because how many more innocent wine glasses do we need to see suffer? 2005

  • These are the only shots Jeanne took that are not entirely ruined by my big, white blur of a spasmatic hand.

    La Coquette: 2005

  • —Also, apparently, I need to do something about my spasmatic writing styles.

    You are not a gun 2004

  • The national mourning, the shared grief, exactly the right responses to a single, spasmatic act of madness.

    CNN Transcript Sep 15, 2001 2001

  • Make no mistake, even though this record seems all over the map and spasmatic the young men writing the songs put thought into the outcome and have a vision.

    Herohill 2010

  • When it comes to electronic beats, keytar licks and spasmatic drumming I'm kind of like the Philadelphia Eagles of blogging; even in when the situation deems otherwise, I tend to pass.

    Herohill 2010

  • When it comes to electronic beats, keytar licks and spasmatic drumming I'm kind of like the Philadelphia Eagles of blogging; even in when the situation deems otherwise, I tend to pass.

    Herohill 2010

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