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spas·mod·ic

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–adjective

1.	pertaining to or of the nature of a spasm; characterized by spasms.

2.	resembling a spasm or spasms; sudden but brief; sporadic: spasmodic efforts at reform.

3.	given to or characterized by bursts of excitement.

Also, spas·mod·i·cal.

[Origin: 1675–85; < ML spasmodicus < Gk spasmd(és) spasmodic (deriv. of spasmós spasm; see -ode¹) + L -icus -ic

]

—Related forms

spas·mod·i·cal·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 2. occasional, intermittent, periodic, fleeting.

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spas·mod·ic Audio Help (spāz-mŏd'ĭk) Pronunciation Key
adj.

[New Latin spasmōdicus, from Greek spasmōdēs, from spasmos, spasm; see spasm.]

spas·mod'i·cal·ly adv.

spasmodically
adverb
1.	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"

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