Fitfully
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adverb
Quick meaning: Fitfully is an adverb meaning In a fitful manner; irregularly or unsteadily.
Meaning
In a fitful manner; irregularly or unsteadily.
Example Sentences
He slept fitfully, plagued by bad dreams and a persistent cough.
We shivered miserably throughout the night. Now and again fitfully slept, but the pain of the cold always aroused me.
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 […]
Synonyms for fitfully
Depending on context, synonyms include discontinuously, intermittently, patchily, spasmodically, sporadically.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include unsteadily, erratically, unsteadfastly, restlessly, unrhythmically, wamblingly.
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