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.
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
fitfully — adverb In a fitful manner; irregularly or unsteadily. He slept fitfully, plagued by bad dreams and a persistent cough … Wiktionary
fitfully — adv. Fitfully is used with these verbs: ↑doze, ↑sleep … Collocations dictionary
fitfully — fitful ► ADJECTIVE ▪ active or occurring intermittently; not regular or steady. DERIVATIVES fitfully adverb fitfulness noun … English terms dictionary
fitfully — adverb in a fitful manner he slept fitfully • Derived from adjective: ↑fitful … Useful english dictionary
fitfully — adverb see fitful … New Collegiate Dictionary
fitfully — See fitful. * * * … Universalium
fitfully — Synonyms and related words: at haphazard, at intervals, at irregular intervals, at random, brokenly, by catches, by chance, by fits, by jerks, by skips, by snatches, capriciously, carelessly, desultorily, disconnectedly, discontinuously,… … Moby Thesaurus
fitfully — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. intermittently, erratically, restlessly, off and on; see irregularly … English dictionary for students
fitfully — adv. irregularly; intermittently; sporadically … English contemporary dictionary
fitfully — ad. 1. Irregularly, capriciously, in a fitful manner. 2. At intervals, by fits, by starts, by turns, intermittently, flickeringly … New dictionary of synonyms
