English-Thai Dictionary

fitful

ADJ ไม่ ต่อเนื่อง  เป็นพักๆ  เป็นช่วงๆ  irregular spasmodic intermittent continuous steady mai-tor-nuang

 

fitfulness

N ความ ไม่ ต่อเนื่อง  irregularity steadiness kwam-mai-tor-nnuang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FITFUL

a.Varied by paroxysms; full of fits.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FITFUL

Fit "ful, a. Etym: [From 7th Fit. ]

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

fitful

fit ful |ˈfitfəl ˈfɪtfəl | ▶adjective active or occurring spasmodically or intermittently; not regular or steady: a few hours' fitful sleep | business was fitful. DERIVATIVES fit ful ness noun

 

fitfully

fit ful ly |ˈfitfəlē ˈfɪtfəli | ▶adverb not regularly or continuously; intermittently: he slept fitfully.

 

Oxford Dictionary

fitful

fit ¦ful |ˈfɪtfʊl, -f (ə )l | ▶adjective active or occurring spasmodically or intermittently; not regular or steady: a few hours' fitful sleep | business was fitful. DERIVATIVES fitfulness noun

 

fitfully

fit |ful ¦ly |ˈfɪtf (ə )li, ˈfɪtfʊli | ▶adverb not regularly or continuously; intermittently: he slept fitfully.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

fitful

fitful adjective a fitful night's sleep: intermittent, sporadic, spasmodic, broken, disturbed, disrupted, patchy, irregular, uneven, unsettled; informal herky-jerky.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

fitful

fitful adjective I drifted off into a brief and fitful sleep: intermittent, sporadic, spasmodic, broken, disturbed, disrupted, patchy, irregular; variable, uneven, unsettled, disconnected, unsteady, on and off, off and on; restless, sleepless, wakeful, insomniac, tossing and turning. ANTONYMS constant.

 

fitfully

fitfully adverb I slept fitfully that night: intermittently, sporadically, spasmodically, irregularly, patchily, discontinuously, erratically, in /by fits and starts, in snatches; variably, unevenly, disconnectedly, unsteadily, on and off, off and on.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

fitful

fit ful /fɪ́tf (ə )l /形容詞 〈眠りなどが 〉途切れがちの, 断続的な ; 気まぐれな .～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞