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spasmodicality

spasmodicality noun: the quality of being spasmodical.

Noun

spasmodicality (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The quality of being spasmodical.
    • We can hardly tell which is the more wonderful, their abuse of us or their glorification of themselves. To read their glowing descriptions of life in Richmond, the angelic calmness and patience of the people, the wisdom, firmness, courage, fortitude and all the other virtues which, if we are to...1864 June 19, “Discords in Rebel Whistling”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Apr 2024
    • Short sketches of a page or so with nothing in them but an intolerable violence and spasmodicality of language.1896, “[Criticisms on William Platt’s ‘Women, Love and Life.’] Scotsman.”, in William Platt, Love Triumphant, London: Charles Hirsch. […], page xvi

Synonyms of spasmodicality

Origin of spasmodicality

From spasmodical + -ity.

Questions about spasmodicality

What does spasmodicality mean?
Spasmodicality means the quality of being spasmodical.
What part of speech is spasmodicality?
Spasmodicality is a noun.

Words near spasmodicality in the dictionary

  1. spasmic
  2. spasming
  3. spasmings
  4. spasmodic
  5. spasmodical
  6. spasmodicality
  7. spasmodically
  8. spasmodicalness
  9. spasmodicity
  10. spasmodicness
  11. spasmodics

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