Synonym: convulsive, fitful, spastic. Similar words: spasmodically, modicum, modify, commodity, incommodious, modification, trespass, episodic. Meaning: [spæz'mɑdɪk /-'mɒd-] 
adj. 1. affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm 2. occurring in spells and often abruptly.
adj. 1. affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm 2. occurring in spells and often abruptly. 
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1. There was spasmodic fighting in the area yesterday.
2. He made spasmodic attempts to clean up the house.
3. He managed to stifle the spasmodic sobs of panic rising in his throat.
4. Spasmodic displays of genius are evident in her music.
5. We communicated in spasmodic shouts, for Archie was growing deaf and the wind outside was showing no sign of abatement.
6. Yet there were spasmodic and disparate indications of development in the opposite direction.
7. There was no spasmodic jerking,(sentencedict.com) nothing but the angry resurgence of the phosphorus embers as the bullets slammed home.
8. So while his competitors resorted to spasmodic mass layoffs and cutthroat bidding during economic downturns, Zack held his ground.
9. But apart from spasmodic translations of some popular fiction and poetry, they don't do much work.
10. The record is spasmodic and must be treated as such.
11. Street lighting is spasmodic and piped water comes in sluggish fits and starts.
12. Their benevolence took spasmodic forms.
13. Indications: Stomach-ache, indigestion, hyperacidity, heartburn, flatulent and spasmodic.
14. Stomach-ache, indigestion, hyperacidity, heartburn, flatulent and spasmodic.
15. Spasmodic bouts of exercise are not very beneficial.
16. INDICATION: Stomach-ache, indigestion, hyperacidity, heartburn, flatulent and spasmodic.
17. It lifted to a spasmodic sneeze and ended.
18. A sudden reflexive or spasmodic muscular movement.
19. My husband's work was so spasmodic.
20. Methods: The spasmodic muscles were identified by EMG,(sentencedict.com/spasmodic.html) CT or MRI preoperatively.
21. The anti - spasmodic properties of Rooibos help relieve digestive stress, stomach ulcers, nausea, constipation and heartburn.
22. The president's lobbying on behalf of his programme was uneven and spasmodic.
23. Finally he grabbed him by the collar, and with a spasmodic effort tipped him off the wharf into the canal.
24. His attempts to put things right have been undermined by a cash flow that was always spasmodic and is now drying up.
25. Stucco lies in drifts of powdered plaster. Street lighting is spasmodic and piped water comes in sluggish fits and starts.
26. After taking a cold, rawness of the larynx and trachea come on, then spasmodic constriction of the larynx at night.
27. From the library there was a broken murmur of voices, subdued and spasmodic as a funeral gathering.
28. I was very prone to them at the time, mainly because I was undertaking only light and sometimes very spasmodic training.
29. When the white noise level ( coefficient of variation ) increases to 20 % , the cyclical fish population spasmodic.
30. Bronchospasm -- Bronchoconstriction, or the sudden narrowing of the smaller airways, of spasmodic nature.
More similar words: spasmodically, modicum, modify, commodity, incommodious, modification, trespass, episodic, methodical, dispassionate, episodic memory, chasm, as many, plasma, as much, as many as, jasmine, as much as, ectoplasm, cytoplasm, enthusiasm, smother, smoke, mode, smolder, smooth, model, osmosis, odium, modern.