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Definition: Spasmodically |
SpasmodicallyAdverb1. With spasms; "the mouth was slightly open, and jerked violently and spasmodically at one corner". 2. In spurts and fits; "I began to write intermittently and spasmodically". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "spasmodically" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1842. (references) |
Synonym: SpasmodicallySynonym: jerkily (adv). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Spasmodically |
| English words defined with "spasmodically": hack, hiccough, hiccup ♦ jerkily ♦ sneeze, Spastically, Startingly ♦ whoop. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "spasmodically": gasps. (references) |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | His hands clutch spasmodically, and grasp at nothing. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Privatization of Polish manufacturers has progressed spasmodically. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Spasmodically" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Spasmodically" is used about 50 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 50 | 48,117 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "spasmodically"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | на пристъпи (paroxysmal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | sporadisch (fitful, fitfully, spasmodic, sporadic, sporadically), schubweise (spasmodic), krampfartig (convulsively, paroxysmal, spasmodic), in schüben, hin und wieder (every now and then, every once a while, occasionally). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σπασμωδικώσ, σπασμωδικά. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | lökésszerűen (jerkily), görcsösen (fitfully, spastically). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | ratchal (dart;work spasmodically, dash along, race, racing, snatch ahead, sprint, sprinting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | asmodicallyspay spasmodic (jerky, spasmodic). (various references) спазматически. (various references) de modo espasmódico. (various references) spasmodiskt, ryckvis (by fits and starts). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | saliens, salientis, salierunt, saliet, salietis, salis, salit, saltu, saltum, saltus, salvi. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Spasmodically" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sposmodically. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-d-i-l-l-m-o-p-s-s-y" | |
-3 letters: mosaically, sapodillas. | |
-4 letters: camisados, diplomacy, dysplasia, ladypalms, localisms, loyalisms, olympiads, plasmasol, plasmodia, plasmoids, sapodilla, spasmodic, sympodial. | |
-5 letters: amyloids, apically, calypsos, camisado, capsidal, classily, diplomas, disloyal, dismally, displays, disposal, ladypalm, lissomly, localism, loyalism, miscalls, misplays, oilcamps, olympiad, palladic, payloads, placidly, placoids, plasmids, plasmoid, plimsols, psalmody, psyllids, scalados, scallops, socially, sympodia, symposia. | |
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