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Full of fits; irregularly variable; impulsive and unstable.

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  1. a. Full of fits; irregularly variable; impulsive and unstable.
  2. adj. occurring in spells and often abruptly
  3. adj. intermittently stopping and starting
  4. 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 victorius trumpet peal Dies fitfully away. Macaulay.
  5. 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 victorius trumpet peal Dies fitfully away. Macaulay.
  6. j:100 s. occurring in spells and often abruptly s. intermittently stopping and starting