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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 
   steadin