Etymograph

English

spastically

From spastic + -ally.

A compound of spastic + -ally

Ancient Greek σπᾰ́ω ‘I draw, pull’

Ancient Greek σπᾰ́σῐς ‘drawing up, traction’

Ancient Greek σπαστικός ‘drawing in’

Latin spasticus

English spastic

Today it means

adv In a spastic way; accompanied by spasms.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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