convulsively

1. 1.

   with convulsions, in a convulsive way

   “her leg twitched convulsively”

Questions about convulsively

What does convulsively mean?

convulsively means "with convulsions, in a convulsive way".

How many syllables are in convulsively?

convulsively has 5 syllables: con-vul-si-ve-ly. The stress falls on "si".

Is convulsively a common word?

convulsively is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.