Synonyms:
spasmodically
Meaning: in spurts and fits; "I began to write intermittently and spasmodically"
Synonyms:
spasmodically, jerkily
Meaning: with spasms; "the mouth was slightly open, and jerked violently and spasmodically at one corner"
Usage examples
Beverly drew her arm away spasmodically and took a step toward the window.
There was a sickening smell--and the tentacle was jerked spasmodically away.
Perhaps a little too spasmodically I drew my revolver, aimed quickly and fired.
Only her hands twitched, her long fingers curling and uncurling spasmodically, and she buried them deep in her breeches' pockets to hide them.
Thus he skipped confidently along jerking the old weather-eaten rawhide spasmodically till all of a sudden it gave way and Manstin fell headlong into the water.
But on seeing that precious little face, which for the last three days she had only looked at from a distance, she trembled all over and her gray head began twitching spasmodically over the coffin.