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saccadé

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Definition: (adj) - jerky, spasmodic, fitful, halting

Son style de danse est assez saccadé - His dance style is rather jerky.

Sa respiration est saccadée - His breathing is spasmodic.

D'une voix saccadée, elle m'a raconté l'histoire - In a halting voice, she told me the story.

Related: une saccade - jerking motion; avancer par saccades - to jerk along; parler par saccades - to speak haltingly

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