fitfulness (noun)

  • 1fitfulness — fitful ► ADJECTIVE ▪ active or occurring intermittently; not regular or steady. DERIVATIVES fitfully adverb fitfulness noun …

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  • 2fitfulness — noun see fitful …

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  • 3fitfulness — noun The quality of being fitful …

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  • 4fitfulness — noun the quality of being spasmodic and irregular • Syn: ↑jerkiness • Derivationally related forms: ↑jerky (for: ↑jerkiness), ↑fitful • Hypernyms: ↑irregularity, ↑ …

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  • 5fitful — adjective Date: 1592 1. obsolete characterized by fits or paroxysms 2. having an erratic or intermittent character ; irregular • fitfully adverb • fitfulness noun Synonyms: fitful, spasmodic …

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  • 6fitful — adjective active or occurring intermittently; not regular or steady. Derivatives fitfully adverb fitfulness noun …

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  • 7fitful — /ˈfɪtfəl / (say fitfuhl) adjective coming, appearing, acting, etc., in fits or by spells; irregularly intermittent: *hurricane lamps whose fitful orange gleamings made the atmosphere dimly satanic –sumner locke elliott, 1981. {fit2 + ful}… …

  • 8fitful — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ active or occurring intermittently; not regular or steady. DERIVATIVES fitfully adverb fitfulness noun …

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  • 9fitfully — fitful ► ADJECTIVE ▪ active or occurring intermittently; not regular or steady. DERIVATIVES fitfully adverb fitfulness noun …

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  • 10jerkiness — noun the quality of being spasmodic and irregular • Syn: ↑fitfulness • Derivationally related forms: ↑jerky, ↑fitful (for: ↑fitfulness) • Hypernyms: ↑irregularity …

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