fitfuladjective
uk/ˈfɪt.fəl/us/ˈfɪt.fəl/often stopping and starting and not happening in a regular or continuous way:
fitful breathing
a fitful sleep
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Frequency & regularity - general words
- (as) regular as clockwork idiom
- clockwork
- erratic
- frequency
- frequent
- frequently
- incidence
- irregular
- many
- many a time idiom
- many's the idiom
- more
- more often than not idiom 1
- on and off idiom
- on-again, off-again
- on-off
- periodic
- periodically
- regular
- religiously
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fitfully
adverb uk/ˈfɪt.fəl.i/us/ˈfɪt.fəl.i/
She slept fitfully (= only for short, irregular periods) throughout the night and arose before dawn.