loose-handed vs spasmodic

loose-handed

adj
  • Wild or uncontrolled. 

  • Sketchy and flowing rather than geometric and precise. 

  • Aimless 

  • Lenient, permissive. 

  • With open hand (as opposed to a fist). 

  • Characterized by broad sweeping movements. 

  • Involving wrist action. 

  • Casual; undisciplined or haphazard. 

  • Spendthrift, profligate. 

adv
  • With a poor grip. 

spasmodic

adj
  • Erratic or unsustained. 

  • Convulsive; consisting of spasms. 

  • Intermittent or fitful; occurring in abrupt bursts. 

  • Of or relating to a spasm; resembling a sudden contraction of the muscles. 

  • Of or relating to the spasmodic poets, a group of British Victorian poets who wrote introspective drama in verse. 

noun
  • A medicine for suppressing spasms. 

How often have the words loose-handed and spasmodic occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )