Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fitful"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fitful \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
fitful
adj 1: occurring in spells and often abruptly; "fitful bursts of
energy"; "spasmodic rifle fire" [syn: {spasmodic}]
2: intermittently stopping and starting; "fitful (or
interrupted) sleep"; "off-and-on static" [syn: {interrupted},
{off-and-on(a)}]
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