What Does Convulsively Mean

1a : constituting or producing a convulsion. b : caused by or affected with convulsions. 2 : resembling a convulsion in being violent, sudden, frantic, or spasmodic convulsive laughter.

What type of word is convulsively?

of the nature of or characterized by convulsions or spasms. producing or accompanied by convulsion: convulsive rage.

What does convulsive motion mean?

A convulsive movement is jerky and uncontrollable. A convulsive sob is the kind where your body shakes when you cry, and convulsive dance moves at a party might scare your partner away. Sometimes our bodies move in ways we can’t control — like a convulsion, which is a quick, jerky muscular contraction.