fitful

[ fit-fuhl ]

/ ˈfɪt fəl /

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adjective

coming, appearing, acting, etc., in fits or by spells; recurring irregularly.

Origin of fitful

First recorded in 1595–1605; fit² + -ful

SYNONYMS FOR fitful

sporadic, intermittent, erratic, haphazard.

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OTHER WORDS FROM fitful

fit·ful·ly, adverb fit·ful·ness, noun

Words nearby fitful

fit to kill, fit up, fitch, fitchburg, fitchew, fitful, fitly, fitment, fitna, fitness, fitness tracker

Example sentences from the Web for fitfully

The U.S. economy is growing, ever fitfully and disappointingly.

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Since hitting its lows in 2009, the economy had been fitfully—and then steadily—improving.

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It seemed to him that he woke almost immediately; the fire still burned, though low and fitfully on the hearth.

Black Spirits and White |Ralph Adams Cram
He slept but fitfully, listening for any sounds from the city without and anxious for the hotel to awaken to its daily routine.

Aladdin of London |Sir Max Pemberton

Later in the season, after the young have hatched, he sings only fitfully.

Life Histories of North American Wood Warblers Part One and Part Two |Arthur Bent
The spring was close at hand before the bloom began to reappear—and then it was but fitfully—in Letty's cheek.

Mary Marston |George MacDonald
Milton's clear tenor was heard ringing across the fields, fitfully dying away.

A Spoil of Office |Hamlin Garland

British Dictionary definitions for fitfully

fitful

/ (ˈfɪtfʊl) /

adjective

characterized by or occurring in irregular spells fitful sleep

Derived forms of fitful

fitfully, adverb fitfulness, noun

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