fitful
21fitful — fitfully, adv. fitfulness, n. /fit feuhl/, adj. coming, appearing, acting, etc., in fits or by spells; recurring irregularly. [1595 1605; FIT2 + FUL] Syn. sporadic, intermittent, erratic, haphazard. * * * …
22fitful — Synonyms and related words: adrift, afloat, aimless, alternating, amorphous, broken, broken off, capricious, careening, casual, catchy, changeable, changeful, chopped off, choppy, convulsive, correctly, decently, decorously, decousu, desultory,… …
23fitful — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. intermittent. See discontinuance. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. erratic, intermittent, spasmodic, restless; see changeable 1 , irregular 1 , restless 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. intermittent …
24fitful — fit·ful || fɪtfÊŠl adj. restless, interrupted (of sleep); intermittent; sporadic …
25fitful — adjective active or occurring intermittently; not regular or steady. Derivatives fitfully adverb fitfulness noun …
26fitful — a. 1. Variable, irregular, spasmodic, impulsive unstable, fickle, whimsical, fanciful capricious, fantastic, humorsome, odd. 2. Eventful, checkered, full of vicissitude …
27fitful — adj 1. intermittent, sporadic, coming in spells; unsteady, unstable, uncertain, uneven; inconstant, mutable, variable, changeable, vicissitudinous, erratic, fluctuating, flickering. 2. convulsive, spasmodic, paroxysmal; agitated, disturbed,… …
28fitful — fit·ful …
29fitful — adj. active or occurring spasmodically or intermittently. Derivatives: fitfully adv. fitfulness n …
30Fitfully — Fitful Fit ful, a. [From 7th {Fit}.] Full of fits; irregularly variable; impulsive and unstable. [1913 Webster] After life s fitful fever, he sleeps well. Shak. {Fit ful*ly}, adv. {Fit ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] The victorious trumpet peal Dies …
