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fitful

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fit·ful  (ftfl)
adj.
Occurring in or characterized by intermittent bursts, as of activity; irregular. See Synonyms at periodic.
fitful·ly adv.
fitful·ness n.
fitful
Adjective
occurring in irregular spells
fitfully adv
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Adj.1.fitful - occurring in spells and often abruptly; "fitful bursts of energy"; "spasmodic rifle fire"
spasmodic
sporadic - recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances; "a city subjected to sporadic bombing raids"
2.fitful - intermittently stopping and starting; "fitful (or interrupted) sleep"; "off-and-on static"
off-and-on, interrupted
broken - not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying abruptly; "broken lines of defense"; "a broken cable transmission"; "broken sleep"; "tear off the stub above the broken line"; "a broken note"; "broken sobs"
fitful
adjective irregular, broken, disturbed, erratic, variable, flickering, unstable, uneven, fluctuating, sporadic, intermittent, impulsive, haphazard, desultory, spasmodic, inconstant << OPPOSITE regular
Translations
fitful [ˈfɪtful] adj → espasmódico, intermitente
fitful [ˈfɪtful] adj → intermittent(e)
fitful [ˈfɪtful] fit adj → unruhig
fitful [ˈfɪtful] adj → saltuario/a


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It was one of these covered days of fitful sunshine, of light, unsteady winds, with a swell from the westward, and hazy in general, but with the land about the Cape at times distinctly visible.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
Always of a sedate, taciturn disposition, he now fell into so deep a dejection that nothing could hold his attention, yet anything--a footfall, the sudden closing of a door--aroused in him a fitful interest; one might have called it an apprehension.
Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
The cabin lamp --taking long swings this way and that --was burning fitfully, and casting fitful shadows upon the old man's bolted door, --a thin one, with fixed blinds inserted, in place of upper panels.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
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