Antonyms for spasmodic


Grammar : Adj
Spell : spaz-mod-ik
Phonetic Transcription : spæzˈmɒd ɪk


Definition of spasmodic

Origin :
  • 1681, from Medieval Latin spasmodicus, from Greek spasmodes "of the nature of a spasm," from spasmos (see spasm) + -odes "like."
  • adj twitching, erratic
Example sentences :
  • It was an element of spasmodic conscience than he saw here, and it troubled him.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • Shocked into spasmodic action, the American jumped from barrel to ratlines.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
  • It was strange that he should have slept at all, for there had been spasmodic firing all night.
  • Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
  • The sole shadow on his career was a spasmodic tendency to be bored. '
  • Extract from : « A Great Man » by Arnold Bennett
  • But the benefit is spasmodic, discontinuous, and extremely limited.
  • Extract from : « Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland » by Daniel Turner Holmes
  • Another emitted a spasmodic laugh through his chattering teeth.
  • Extract from : « The Rescue » by Joseph Conrad
  • His thinking processes were sluggish and spasmodic; but suddenly the truth came to him.
  • Extract from : « Victory » by Joseph Conrad
  • Her letter was supplicatory, spasmodic, full of sorrow, and full of love.
  • Extract from : « Is He Popenjoy? » by Anthony Trollope
  • An enemy to spasms in every form, he abhors the Spasmodic School of Poets.
  • Extract from : « The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI » by Various
  • This control was spasmodic, because of the fewness of the watchbirds.
  • Extract from : « Watchbird » by Robert Sheckley

Synonyms for spasmodic

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