: causing or marked by violent, frantic, or jerky movement By convulsive efforts he got on his feet, staggered, and fell.— Jack London, The Call of the Wild. Other Words from convulsive. convulsively adverb.

Is convulsively a word?

Other things occur convulsively too, like hiccups and laughter and crying: "She sobbed convulsively when her dog ran away." The adverb convulsively comes from the verb convulse, which is rooted in the Latin convulsus, "pulled away" or "wrenched."

What is the meaning of word convulsion?

1a : an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles. b : seizure sense 2a. 2a : a violent disturbance. b : an uncontrolled fit : paroxysm.