Found 2 items, similar to fitful.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: fitful fitful adj 1: occurring in spells and often abruptly; “fitful bursts of energy”; “spasmodic rifle fire” [syn: spasmodic] 2: intermittently stopping and starting; “fitful (or interrupted) sleep”; “off-and-on static” [syn: interrupted, off-and-on(a)]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Fitful Fitful \Fit"ful\, a. [From 7th Fit.] Full of fits; irregularly variable; impulsive and unstable. [1913 Webster] After life's fitful fever, he sleeps well. --Shak. -- Fit"ful*ly, adv. -- Fit"ful*ness, n. [1913 Webster] The victorious trumpet peal Dies fitfully away. --Macaulay.