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- [spaz-mod-ik]
- /spæzˈmɒd ɪk/
- /spæzˈmɒdɪklɪ/
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- [spaz-mod-ik]
- /spæzˈmɒd ɪk/
Definitions of spasmodically word
- adjective spasmodically given to or characterized by bursts of excitement. 2
- adjective spasmodically pertaining to or of the nature of a spasm; characterized by spasms. 1
- adjective spasmodically resembling a spasm or spasms; sudden but brief; sporadic: spasmodic efforts at reform. 1
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Origin of spasmodically
First appearance:
before 1675 One of the 48% oldest English words
1675-85; < Medieval Latin spasmodicus < Greek spasmṓd(ēs) spasmodic (derivative of spasmós spasm; see -ode1) + Latin -icus -ic
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Parts of speech for Spasmodically
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spasmodically popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 81% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for spasmodically
adv spasmodically
- aimlessly — without aim; purposeless.
- ambiguously — open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations; equivocal: an ambiguous answer.
- as a rule — If you say that something happens as a rule, you mean that it usually happens.
- by fits and starts — spasmodically; without concerted effort
- chaotically — completely confused or disordered: a chaotic mass of books and papers.
adverb spasmodically
- disconnectedly — In a disconnected manner.
- discontinuously — In a discontinuous manner; not continuously.
- disjointedly — In a disjointed manner.
- frenziedly — In a frenzied manner.
- illogically — In an illogical manner, without following methods of sane and correct reasoning, in a manner lacking thought or logic.
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