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Antonyms for fitful


Grammar : Adj
Spell : fit-fuhl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɪt fəl



Definition of fitful

Origin :
  • used once by Shakespeare ("Macbeth," 1605) in sense of "characterized by fits," then revived by Scott (1810) with a sense of "shifting, changing." From fit (n.2) + -ful. Related: Fitfully; fitfulness.
  • adj irregular, sporadic
Example sentences :
  • So we waited, with only a decent pretence of interest in the fitful talk.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • Twice more in all; but, the last spell of work was feeble and fitful.
  • Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
  • With these gloomy thoughts he fell at last into fitful slumber.
  • Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner
  • Though he lay down in the entrance and slept, his sleep was fitful.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • Occasionally it was fitful, and when summoned by irony remained at a distance.
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • He was in a fitful slumber when Mrs. Baker called her husband to supper.
  • Extract from : « The Depot Master » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • He walked to and fro in short, fitful steps, crying that there was no help, no help.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
  • They had some sort of aspirations, fitful and vague as these might be, to become in their time bookmen also.
  • Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic
  • The breeze which had been fitful at best had died and complete silence had fallen.
  • Extract from : « The Vagrant Duke » by George Gibbs
  • Was it a dream; was it the fitful vision of a disordered intellect?
  • Extract from : « Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 (of 2) » by Charles Lever

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