All 3 Uses of
spasmodic
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- Ali turned his intelligent countenance towards the boy, on whom he gazed without any apparent emotion; but the spasmodic working of the nostrils showed to the practiced eye of Monte Cristo that the Arab had been wounded to the heart.†
Chpt 47-48
- "Oh," observed Madame de Villefort, "it must be an admirable anti-spasmodic."†
Chpt 51-52 *
- In the meanwhile, as the thing is difficult to find in France, and your abbe is not probably disposed to make a journey to Paris on my account, I must continue to use Monsieur Planche's anti-spasmodics; and mint and Hoffman's drops are among my favorite remedies.†
Chpt 51-52
Definition:
happening for short periods and not in a regular pattern; or relating to muscle spasms