fitful

  • 11fitful — adjective Irregular; unsteady; characterized by fits. His breathing was fitful …

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  • 12fitful — adj. Fitful is used with these nouns: ↑night, ↑sleep …

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  • 13fitful — fit|ful [ fıtfəl ] adjective starting and stopping often: fitful sleep ╾ fit|ful|ly adverb …

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  • 14fitful — adjective happening irregularly for short periods of time: fitful showers of rain fitfully adverb : She slept fitfully …

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  • 15fitful — adjective a fitful night s sleep Syn: intermittent, sporadic, spasmodic, broken, disturbed, disrupted, patchy, irregular, uneven, unsettled; informal herky jerky …

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  • 16fitful — UK [ˈfɪtf(ə)l] / US [ˈfɪtfəl] adjective starting and stopping often fitful sleep Derived word: fitfully adverb …

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  • 17fitful — [ˈfɪtf(ə)l] adj starting and stopping often fitful sleep[/ex] fitfully adv …

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  • 18fitful — fit•ful [[t]ˈfɪt fəl[/t]] adj. having a spasmodic character; recurring irregularly: fitful sleep[/ex] • Etymology: 1595–1605 fit′ful•ly, adv. fit′ful•ness, n …

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  • 19fitful — /ˈfɪtfəl / (say fitfuhl) adjective coming, appearing, acting, etc., in fits or by spells; irregularly intermittent: *hurricane lamps whose fitful orange gleamings made the atmosphere dimly satanic –sumner locke elliott, 1981. {fit2 + ful}… …

  • 20Fitful-Head — Fitful Head, Vorgebirg auf der Südküste der Shetlandsinsel Mainland …

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