fitful
adjective
Origin of fitful
Synonyms for fitful
Related Words for fitful
periodic, spotty, desultory, intermittent, broken, capricious, catchy, changeable, disturbed, erratic, flickering, haphazard, hit-or-miss, impulsive, inconstant, interrupted, random, recurrent, restive, restlessExamples from the Web for fitful
Contemporary Examples of fitful
There have been fitful mutterings about Catalonia, the region of Spain where Barcelona is, seceding from Spain.
So squandering away decades of a sterling credit rating over a “contentious and fitful process” will seem petty.
He made some fitful attempts to calm down a bit, filling modest, collage-like monochromatic surfaces with angular shapes.
The stress, compounded by fitful rest and sleepless nights, ages you quickly.
Hossein breathed heavily as he fell in and out of a fitful sleep.
Historical Examples of fitful
So we waited, with only a decent pretence of interest in the fitful talk.
In the ValleyHarold Frederic
Twice more in all; but, the last spell of work was feeble and fitful.
A Tale of Two CitiesCharles Dickens
With these gloomy thoughts he fell at last into fitful slumber.
Slaves of MercuryNat Schachner
Though he lay down in the entrance and slept, his sleep was fitful.
White FangJack London
Occasionally it was fitful, and when summoned by irony remained at a distance.
A Spirit in PrisonRobert Hichens