fitful
fit.ful \'fit-f*l\ \-f*-le-\ aj obs 1: characterized by fits or paroxysms
{life's ~ fever -Shak.} 2: having a spasmodic or intermittent character :
RESTLESS ess or regularity in movement. FITFUL implies intermittence, a
succession of starts and stops or risings and fallings; SPASMODIC adds to
FITFUL the implication of violent activity alternating with inactivity;
CONVULSIVE suggests the breaking of regularity or quiet by uncontrolled
movement - fit.ful.ly av SYN syn FITFUL, SPASMODIC, CONVULSIVE mean lacking
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