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spasmodically
1. With spasms: "Her mouth was slightly open, and jerked violently and spasmodically at one corner."
2. In spurts and fits: "His wife began to write intermittently and spasmodically."
3. Resembling a spasm or spasms; sudden but brief; sporadic.
3. Given to or characterized by bursts of excitement.
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