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fitfully, adv.|ˈfɪtfʊlɪ| [f. prec. + -ly2.] In a fitful manner; by fits and starts.
1792Wordsw. Descr. Sketches Poems (1888) 17/2 Fitfully, and in flashes, through his soul, Like sun-lit tempests, troubled transports roll. 1834M. Somerville Connect. Phys. Sc. xxxvii. (1849) 424 Here we have a star fitfully variable. 1889Ruskin Præterita III. 181 The fireflies..shone fitfully in the still undarkened air. |