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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

fitful
    adj 1: occurring in spells and often abruptly; "fitful bursts of
           energy"; "spasmodic rifle fire" [syn: fitful,
           spasmodic]
    2: intermittently stopping and starting; "fitful (or
       interrupted) sleep"; "off-and-on static" [syn: fitful,
       interrupted, off-and-on(a)]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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 fitfully away.                      --Macaulay.
   Fithel

Thesaurus Results for Fitful:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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