Fitful \Fit"ful\, a. [From 7th {Fit}.] Full of fits; irregularly variable; impulsive and unstable.
After life's fitful fever, he sleeps well. --Shak. -- {Fit"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Fit"ful*ness}, n.
The victorious trumpet peal Dies fitfully away. --Macaulay.
Most strikingly, Arizona completed a fitful legislative session of its own recently by effectively raising income, property and excise taxes instead of curbing spending. Republicans engineered this one.
When will I ever fall asleep?" Janet, too, has known fitful nights.
Their fitful operation and problems with a third ride, Kongfrontation, have forced the movie-theme park to offer a free admission ticket for each one sold. Ride & Show did not work on the King Kong ride, which has computer glitches.
In his later years, the great Ty Cobb came home to Georgia in a fitful attempt to find peace.
The prices of most grain and soybean futures drifted lower Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade as traders disappointed by the fitful pace of grain sales for export took profits off the latest speculative rally.
Directors described trading as 'fitful' and anticipated a weaker second half. Earnings per Pounds 1 share were unchanged at 25p.