fitfully
/fˈɪtfəli/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.98 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a fitful manner; irregularly or unsteadily.
Example Sentences
- "He slept fitfully, plagued by bad dreams and a persistent cough."
- "The cabin lamp—taking long swings this way and that— was burning fitfully, and casting fitful shadows upon the old man’s bolted door […]"
- "The train for Marmion left Boston at four o'clock in the afternoon, and rambled fitfully toward the southern cape, while the shadows grew long in the stony pastures […]"
- "We shivered miserably throughout the night. Now and again fitfully slept, but the pain of the cold always aroused me."
Etymology
Inflected Forms
more fitfully (comparative)
most fitfully (superlative)