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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fitful adj 1: occurring in spells and often abruptly; "fitful bursts of energy"; "spasmodic rifle fire" [syn: {spasmodic}] 2: intermittently stopping and starting; "fitful (or interrupted) sleep"; "off-and-on static" [syn: {interrupted}, {off-and-on(a)}]
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