Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a convulsive manner; with convulsion; spasmodically.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb in a convulsive manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
convulsive manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb with convulsions, in a convulsive way
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Examples
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His fingers clutched the coin convulsively, thankfully.
Short Story Classics (American) Vol. 2 Various 1902
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His squire or bodyguard clutched his sword convulsively in his right paw and tried to hide his nervousness.
The Deluge Drivers Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1987
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Cooper grabbed my hips, forcing me to keep time with him as I tightened convulsively around him.
How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011
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Cooper grabbed my hips, forcing me to keep time with him as I tightened convulsively around him.
How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011
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Then it crashed over her in a giant wave that had her gasping and crying out and tightening her legs convulsively about his waist.
How to Woo a Reluctant Lady Deborah Gonzales 2011
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She jerked convulsively, biting back a scream before she realized that it was only Zoe.
Choker Elizabeth Woods 2011
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I noticed Miss Brentwood's shoulders moving convulsively, and for the moment I was angry, for I thought that she was laughing at Ernest.
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A firebolt erupted inside my brain, and I began to sneeze convulsively—ten, twelve, fourteen times in a row.
The Dark Side of Innocence Terri Cheney 2011
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I can see her now, as I write these lines, a leap in advance, her gray hair flying in thin tangled strings, the blood dripping down her forehead from some wound in the scalp, in her right hand a hatchet, her left hand, lean and wrinkled, a yellow talon, gripping the air convulsively.
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He squeezed her hand back, almost convulsively, clutching at it as if it were a lifeline.
Choker Elizabeth Woods 2011
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