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# convulsively

«convulsively» in Mova's school dictionary: **In a sudden, jerky way that you cannot control, with a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

In a sudden, jerky way that you cannot control, with a shake or a grip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convulsively/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

describes a shudder, a sob or a grip that comes in sharp jerks, often in a moment of fear or pain

### examples

- She shuddered convulsively. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convulsively/#x1)
- He clutched the rope convulsively. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convulsively/#x2)
- The fish panted convulsively on the sand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convulsively/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «convulsively» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convulsively/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.