different between intermittently vs fitfully

intermittently

English

Etymology

intermittent +? -ly

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?n.t??m?t.?nt.l?/

Adverb

intermittently (not comparable)

  1. Stopping or starting at intervals.

Synonyms

  • flakily, sporadically, unreliably; see also Thesaurus:discontinuously

Related terms

  • intermittent
  • intermittence

Translations

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fitfully

English

Etymology

fitful +? -ly

Pronunciation

Adverb

fitfully (comparative more fitfully, superlative most fitfully)

  1. In a fitful manner; irregularly or unsteadily.
    Synonyms: in fits and starts; see also Thesaurus:discontinuously
    • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 123
      The cabin lamp—taking long swings this way and that— was burning fitfully, and casting fitful shadows upon the old man’s bolted door []
    • 1886, Henry James, The Bostonians, chapter 36
      The train for Marmion left Boston at four o'clock in the afternoon, and rambled fitfully toward the southern cape, while the shadows grew long in the stony pastures []

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