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Definition of Move involuntarily
1. Verb. Move in an uncontrolled manner.
Specialized synonyms: Jerk, Twitch, Didder, Shake, Shiver, Shudder
Generic synonyms: Move
Lexicographical Neighbors of Move Involuntarily
Literary usage of Move involuntarily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Natural Conditions of Existence as They Affect Animal Life by Carl Semper (1883)
"... and that move from place to place of their own free will; and (6) those that
move involuntarily or float and are carried passively by the stream. ..."
2. The Christian Magazine by Mendon Association (1824)
"Thus the wheels of a watch. move involuntarily, without thought or motive, by
the elastic power of the spring. And the waters of the ocean move by the power ..."
3. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1892)
"... neuropathic manifestations until her twenty-fourth year,when she remarked a
disposition of the head to move involuntarily from one side to the other. ..."
4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1854)
"His bowels did not move involuntarily at all times. Cathartics acted kindly when
given. The discharges were thin and watery. "4. ..."
5. The Natural Conditions of Existence as They Affect Animal Life by Carl Semper (1883)
"... and that move from place to place of their own free will; and (6) those that
move involuntarily or float and are carried passively by the stream. ..."
6. The Christian Magazine by Mendon Association (1824)
"Thus the wheels of a watch. move involuntarily, without thought or motive, by
the elastic power of the spring. And the waters of the ocean move by the power ..."
7. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1892)
"... neuropathic manifestations until her twenty-fourth year,when she remarked a
disposition of the head to move involuntarily from one side to the other. ..."
8. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1854)
"His bowels did not move involuntarily at all times. Cathartics acted kindly when
given. The discharges were thin and watery. "4. ..."