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fitfully adverb irregularly, on and off, intermittently, sporadically, off and on, erratically, in fits and starts, spasmodically, in snatches, desultorily, by fits and starts, interruptedly The sun shone fitfully. Translations fitfully adv sleep → unruhig; progress → stoßweise; work → sporadisch; the sun shone fitfully → die Sonne kam vereinzelt durch; she slept only fitfully → sie wachte immer wieder auf fitfully [ˈfɪtfəlɪ] adv (work) → in modo discontinuo to sleep fitfully → avere il sonno agitato fitfully [ˈfɪtfəlɪ] adv (work) → in modo discontinuo to sleep fitfully → avere il sonno agitato How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The gale through the moaning trees Fitfully rushes. The wanton airs, from the tree-top, Laughingly through the lattice drop -- The bodiless airs, a wizard rout, Flit through thy chamber in and out, And wave the curtain canopy So fitfully -- so fearfully -- Above the closed and fringed lid 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. |
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