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Fitful

Fitful Meaning & Definition
Fitful Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Fitful?

[adj] intermittently stopping and starting; "fitful (or interrupted) sleep"; "off-and-on static"
[adj] occurring in spells and often abruptly; "fitful bursts of energy"; "spasmodic rifle fire"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Fitful: broken | interrupted | off-and-on(a) | spasmodic | sporadic

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See Also |

Fitful In Webster's Dictionary

\Fit"ful\, a. [From 7th {Fit}.] Full of fits; irregularly variable; impulsive and unstable. After life's fitful fever, he sleeps well. --Shak. -- {Fit"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Fit"ful*ness}, n. The victorious trumpet peal Dies fitfully away. --Macaulay.

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