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fitfully

adv

Etymology

From fitful + -ly.

  1. derived from figo
  2. inherited from fitt
  3. inherited from fit
  4. suffixed as fitful — “fit + ful”
  5. suffixed as fitfully — “fitful + ly”

Definitions

  1. In a fitful manner

    In a fitful manner; irregularly or unsteadily.

    • He slept fitfully, plagued by bad dreams and a persistent cough.
    • The cabin lamp—taking long swings this way and that— was burning fitfully, and casting fitful shadows upon the old man’s bolted door […]
    • The train for Marmion left Boston at four o'clock in the afternoon, and rambled fitfully toward the southern cape, while the shadows grew long in the stony pastures […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA