convulsively
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8.1
- adverb
- /kənˈvəl.sɪv.li/
:
convulsivamente
- At his voice, the girl sat up convulsively and stretched out her arms blindly.
- sobbed convulsively
- shook convulsively
- twitching convulsively
Examples
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But their words made her sob harder and even convulsively.
Fiction book (2000) -
"My shirt?!" he cried, shivering convulsively in the predawn cold.
Fiction book (1991) -
Out there, we are going to die!" The woman began to cry convulsively.
Fiction book (1992) -
"You are right, of course," Shivaji said, nodding convulsively.
Fiction book (1999) -
Jessica could feel the child shivering convulsively.
Fiction book (2002) -
Old Milija tossed off the third, shuddered convulsively, and banged the glass down hard.
Fiction book (1997) -
The prisoner shook her head convulsively, her chest leaping as she hyperventilated in terror, and the colonel nodded silently.
Fiction book (2002) -
The child cried convulsively after falling off her bike and scraping her knee.
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During the horror movie, I watched my friend jump convulsively at every sudden scare.
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As the thunderstorm raged outside, the dog hid under the bed, shaking convulsively with fear.
Synonyms
26
5.6
You cannot stop doing something because of strong feeling
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5.2
With sudden, uneven movements that are not smooth
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8.6
Happens at irregular times in short, sudden bursts
In sudden, quick movements that make things start and stop
With sudden, unsteady movements that make you lose balance
Antonyms
How Violent
Surface Forms
Morphology
convulsively = convulsive (transparent) = convulsive + ly
Standard adverbial formation from the adjective 'convulsive' using the productive suffix '-ly', so learners can infer meaning from the adjective.
Etymology
Convulsively comes from the verb convulse, which originally meant 'to shake' or 'to cause a sudden violent movement', so to do something convulsively is to move or react in a sudden, uncontrolled, and often violent way.