Both Uses of
spasmodic
in
The Brothers Karamazov
- The frantic beast tugs and draws the load, trembling all over, gasping for breath, moving sideways, with a sort of unnatural spasmodic action—it's awful in Nekrassov.†
Chpt 5 *
- But on seeing that precious little face, which for the last three days she had only looked at from a distance, she trembled all over and her gray head began twitching spasmodically over the coffin.†
Chpt Epil.
Definition:
happening for short periods and not in a regular pattern; or relating to muscle spasms