Meaning of FITFUL
| Pronunciation: | | 'fitful
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | broken, interrupted, off-and-on(a), spasmodic, sporadic |
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| | Definition: | | \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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