Usage examples (8)

• Adjective : spasmodic efforts at reform
• I knew there was no imposthume in my lungs, and I supposed the stitches were spasmodical.
• Hysterics, a disease peculiar to women, characterized by spasmodical and nervous affections, and often attended with hypocondriacal symptoms.
• But neither when, you sport your pen, O potent mirth compeller, Winning our hearts in monthly parts, can Pickwick or Sam Weller Cause us to weep with pathos deep, or shake with...