Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a convulsive manner; with convulsion; spasmodically.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb in a convulsive manner.

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  • adverb In a convulsive manner.

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  • adverb with convulsions, in a convulsive way

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Examples

  • His fingers clutched the coin convulsively, thankfully.

    Short Story Classics (American) Vol. 2 Various 1902

  • His squire or bodyguard clutched his sword convulsively in his right paw and tried to hide his nervousness.

    The Deluge Drivers Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1987

  • Cooper grabbed my hips, forcing me to keep time with him as I tightened convulsively around him.

    How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011

  • Cooper grabbed my hips, forcing me to keep time with him as I tightened convulsively around him.

    How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011

  • Then it crashed over her in a giant wave that had her gasping and crying out and tightening her legs convulsively about his waist.

    How to Woo a Reluctant Lady Deborah Gonzales 2011

  • She jerked convulsively, biting back a scream before she realized that it was only Zoe.

    Choker Elizabeth Woods 2011

  • I noticed Miss Brentwood's shoulders moving convulsively, and for the moment I was angry, for I thought that she was laughing at Ernest.

    Chapter 5: The Philomaths 2010

  • A firebolt erupted inside my brain, and I began to sneeze convulsively—ten, twelve, fourteen times in a row.

    The Dark Side of Innocence Terri Cheney 2011

  • I can see her now, as I write these lines, a leap in advance, her gray hair flying in thin tangled strings, the blood dripping down her forehead from some wound in the scalp, in her right hand a hatchet, her left hand, lean and wrinkled, a yellow talon, gripping the air convulsively.

    Chapter 23: The People of the Abyss 2010

  • He squeezed her hand back, almost convulsively, clutching at it as if it were a lifeline.

    Choker Elizabeth Woods 2011

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