[S]he was quivering like a galvanic battery with the suppressed force of some powerful emotion.
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Galvanic
//ɡælˈvænɪk//
Synonyms for "galvanic" (88 found)
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Related words (44)
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1 entriesderived
12 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
28 translations across 28 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- galvanies adj (of or pertaining to galvanism; electric)
Armenian
1 entries- գալվանական adj (of or pertaining to galvanism; electric)
Bulgarian
1 entries- галваничен adj (of or pertaining to galvanism; electric)
Catalan
1 entries- galvànic adj (of or pertaining to galvanism; electric)
Czech
1 entries- galvanický adj (of or pertaining to galvanism; electric)
Dutch
1 entries- galvanisch adj (of or pertaining to galvanism; electric)
Estonian
1 entries- galvaaniline adj (of or pertaining to galvanism; electric)
Finnish
1 entries- galvaaninen adj (of or pertaining to galvanism; electric)
French
1 entries- galvanique adj (of or pertaining to galvanism; electric)
Georgian
1 entries- გალვანური adj (of or pertaining to galvanism; electric)
German
1 entries- galvanisch adj (of or pertaining to galvanism; electric)
Greek
1 entries- γαλβανικός adj (of or pertaining to galvanism; electric)
Ido
1 entries- galvanala adj (of or pertaining to galvanism; electric)
Irish
1 entries- galbhánach adj (of or pertaining to galvanism; electric)
Italian
1 entries- galvanico adj (of or pertaining to galvanism; electric)
Kazakh
1 entries- гальваникалық adj (of or pertaining to galvanism; electric)
Latin
1 entries- galvanicus adj (of or pertaining to galvanism; electric)
Lithuanian
1 entries- galvaninis adj (of or pertaining to galvanism; electric)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- gal vanî adj (of or pertaining to galvanism; electric)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- galvanisk adj (of or pertaining to galvanism; electric)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- galvanisk adj (of or pertaining to galvanism; electric)
Polish
1 entries- galwaniczny adj (of or pertaining to galvanism; electric)
Portuguese
1 entries- galvânico adj (of or pertaining to galvanism; electric)
Romanian
1 entries- galvanic adj (of or pertaining to galvanism; electric)
Russian
1 entries- гальвани́ческий adj (of or pertaining to galvanism; electric)
Spanish
1 entries- galvánico adj (of or pertaining to galvanism; electric)
Swedish
1 entries- galvanisk adj (of or pertaining to galvanism; electric)
Welsh
1 entries- galfanig adj (of or pertaining to galvanism; electric)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
Whether the town existed during Mr. Tapley's time I have not been able to learn. . . . At that moment a galvanic motion had been pumped into it by the war movements of General Halleck.
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Then he clenched his fists, and, with an agility astonishing in a man of his years, indulged in a series of galvanic little hops in front of the astounded Peter Truefitt.
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But the main event may well end up being the performance of Brahms’s galvanic Piano Concerto No. 1, with the exhilarating British pianist Paul Lewis.
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