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Fitful \Fit"ful\, a. [From 7th {Fit}.]
Full of fits; irregularly variable; impulsive and unstable.
After life's fitful fever, he sleeps well. --Shak.
-- {Fit"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Fit"ful*ness}, n.
The victorious trumpet peal Dies fitfully away.
--Macaulay.
fitfully
adv : in a fitful manner; "he slept fitfully"