CONVULSIVELY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does convulsively mean? 

• CONVULSIVELY (adverb)
  The adverb CONVULSIVELY has 1 sense:

1. with convulsions, in a convulsive way

  Familiarity information: CONVULSIVELY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONVULSIVELY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

With convulsions, in a convulsive way

Context example:

her leg twitched convulsively

Pertainym:

convulsive (affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm)

 Context examples 

His head was buried in his hands, and his shoulders were heaving convulsively as with sobs.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

His two eyes shone like stars, and his features were working convulsively.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He sat with a pale, drawn face, his anxious gaze fixed upon Holmes, and his thin hands clasped convulsively together.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In listening, I sobbed convulsively; for I could repress what I endured no longer; I was obliged to yield, and I was shaken from head to foot with acute distress.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

It interested me, even at that moment, to see, that, whilst the face of white set passion worked convulsively over the bowed head, the hands tenderly and lovingly stroked the ruffled hair.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

We all remained silent, and occupied with our own reflections (my aunt drying her eyes, and now sobbing convulsively, and now laughing and calling herself a fool); until I spoke.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

He wrenched and writhed about convulsively.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

He moved convulsively, and as he did so, said:—I'll be quiet, Doctor. Tell them to take off the strait-waistcoat.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

The next moment she was in my arms, weeping convulsively on my shoulder while I clasped her close.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)