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fitful
adjective /ˈfɪt.fəl/Definition
› often stopping and starting and not happening in a regular or continuous way: fitful breathing a fitful sleepFrequency and regularity - general words fitfully
/-i/ adverb › She slept fitfully (= only for short, irregular periods) throughout the night and arose before dawn.Frequency and regularity - general words
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Synonyms and related words:
- (as) regular as clockwork idiom
- -ly suffix (ADVERB)
- as often as not idiom
- erratic adjective
- frequency noun (HAPPENING)
- frequent adjective
- frequently adverb
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- irregularity noun (TIME/SPACE)
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