fitful
adjective
coming, appearing, acting, etc., in fits or by spells; recurring irregularly.
fitfulness
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a word derived from
fitful.
Example Sentences
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Some of fusion’s fitfulness is innate to the design of doughnut-shaped tokamak reactors.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 22, 2022
Its inaugural month, March, can have lamb-and-lion fitfulness, sizzle to drizzle and back again.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2022
I expected maybe an hour’s worth of sleep and a lot of fitfulness.
From Salon ● Feb. 18, 2014
"Flirting" also echoes the "twirling" of the leaf, suggesting a similar playfulness and fitfulness.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 29, 2012
After a little period of respite she let herself out of the door into the rain that had begun falling with a sobbing fitfulness, and went through the starkness of the woods.
From A Pagan of the Hills by Charles Neville Buck
