subsultory.

Moving or occurring in irregular, abrupt jerks or twitches.

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Words that belong together

• subsultory movements
• a subsultory twitch

On the page

Subsultory movements disturbed the sheet after the rest of the figure lay still.

The pulse of the mechanism became subsultory, each jerk separated by an uncertain pause.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror. Forms: Descriptive adjective; more/most only where comparative degree is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.