paroxysmallyadv.
/ˌparəkˈsɪzml̩i/, /ˌparəkˈsɪzməli/, U.S. /ˌpɛrəkˈsɪzməli/ In a paroxysmal manner; by means of paroxysms, in paroxysms.
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1853 J. C. Peters Treat. Headaches 58 An active woman..had suffered for nine years with hysteric headaches, occurring paroxysmally every ten or fourteen days.
1886 Amer. Naturalist 20 34 The Andean plateau during the Quaternary period was paroxysmally elevated into the air some 12,000 feet.
1931 Science 7 Aug. 131/2 Rabbits..sneezed paroxysmally, and frequently.., with apparently unabated violence.
1958 Science 14 Nov. 1191/1 And surely the course of underlying systematics of Soviet psychology has..been..not uncommonly paroxysmally self-destroying.
1999 V. M. Neppe in N. R. Varney & R. J. Roberts Eval. & Treatm. Mild Traumatic Brain Injury x. 186 Very often no seizure manifestations are picked up for prolonged periods of time because seizures only occur paroxysmally.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adv.1853- to bury the lede
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- to be good luck
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