Reverse Dictionary: SPASMODIC

ADJECTIVES
1583 — PATCHY spasmodic, irregular; occurring only in patches or small discrete areas
1603 — SPASMATIC spasmodic → obs.
1646 — EPILEPTICAL spasmodic, disjointed → now likely to be considered offensive
1710 — SPASMIC spasmodic; convulsive
1716 — SUBSALIENT spasmodic, moving by leaps → obs.
1810 — FITFUL spasmodic, shifting, changing
1861 — SNATCHY irregular; spasmodic
1872 — CATCHY spasmodic, occurring in snatches, fitful → colloq.
1894 — SPURTY intermittent, spasmodic; characterized by spurts
1920 — STOP-START irregular, spasmodic; fitfully stopping and starting

ADVERBS
1583 — BY BITS irregularly, fitfully, spasmodically
1600 — BY FITS AND FEAGS by fits and starts → obs.
1605 — BY SPURTS spasmodically, fitfully
1607 — HICKINGLY with short spasmodic efforts; in the manner of a hiccup
1617 — UPON FITS irregularly, fitfully, spasmodically → obs.
1627 — BY FITS AND STARTS irregularly, fitfully, spasmodically
1631 — BY SNAPS fitfully, spasmodically → obs.
1635 — BY HALVES AND FITS irregularly, fitfully, spasmodically → obs.
1650 — BY FITS AND GIRDS irregularly, fitfully, spasmodically → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1653 — BY FITS AND SPURTS by fits and starts → obs.
1678 — BY FITS AND TURNS irregularly, fitfully, spasmodically → obs.
1704 — AT BITS AND STARTS irregularly, spasmodically → obs.
1715 — BY BITS AND STARTS irregularly, spasmodically
1779 — EPILEPTICALLY spasmodically, fitfully → now likely to be considered offensive
1796 — CONVULSIVELY spasmodically
1797 — BY FITS AND SPASMS irregularly, fitfully, spasmodically → obs.
1809 — ON THE BOUNCE in continual spasmodic movement

NOUNS
1700 — CATCHINGS convulsive or spasmodic movements → obs.
1771 — CONSTRICTION a spasmodic contraction of any part of the body → obs.

VERBS
1525 — TWITCH to make a short, sudden, spasmodic movement; to jerk
1604 — YERK to utter spasmodically; to ‘jerk out’ words → obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.