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galvanic
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Definition:1. employing or producing electrical currents.Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)---2. (by extension) Energetic, vigorous.text from Wiktionary, licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike
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It happened when he was studying in Paris, and just at the time when, over and above his other work, he was occupied with some galvanic experiments.
Marcel Proust. In Search of Lost TIme [volume 4]
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Dobbs was almost as bad as Orr, who seemed happy as an undersized, grinning lark with his deranged and galvanic giggle and shivering warped buck teeth [...].
Joseph Heller. Catch-22, p.228 (1961)
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'Deuce take the man!' said my aunt, sternly, 'what's he about? Don't be galvanic, sir!'
'I ask your pardon, Miss Trotwood,' returned Uriah; 'I'm aware you're nervous.'
Charles Dickens. David Copperfield (1850)
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Stu interrupted him with a series of harsh, dry coughs. He bent over with the force of them.
The effect on Deitz was galvanic.
Stephen King. The Stand (1990)
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