Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being fitful; impulsiveness; waywardness; instability.
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- noun The quality of being
fitful .
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- noun the quality of being spasmodic and irregular
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Examples
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The 96 years between these two firsts is a stark reminder of the fitfulness of beginnings.
Michele Elam: Why Black Firsts Matter Michele Elam 2011
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The 96 years between these two firsts is a stark reminder of the fitfulness of beginnings.
Michele Elam: Why Black Firsts Matter Michele Elam 2011
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It was confirmed with this outcome that the two men with flair are not only essential to the line-up but also that England will fail if they fall prey to the fitfulness that affected them here.
Steven Gerrard pays back the confidence of Fabio Capello Kevin McCarra at Royal Bafokeng Stadium 2010
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That fitfulness discredited the party, and Besancenot has thrived on the upshot: disappointed blue-collar and public-sector workers.
France Goes Postal 2009
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In a fit of childish fitfulness, I stomped my feet this morning and said I don't * care* if I'll pay for it later, I'm Not Working Today.
bunchalittlestuff ilona_andrews 2007
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Instead of being passed over in a two-decade silence, the Holocaust was tossed by a two-decade fitfulness of interpretation, a period during which no version commanded enough assent to get the full attention of the culture, until finally one version came out on top.
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Instead of being passed over in a two-decade silence, the Holocaust was tossed by a two-decade fitfulness of interpretation, a period during which no version commanded enough assent to get the full attention of the culture, until finally one version came out on top.
Archive 2009-06-01 2009
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Even more troubling, possible use of cocaine raises a question not just about character, but about Bush's legal fitfulness for elected office at all.
John Seery: The Bush Cocaine Chronicles: Complicity and Cover-up 2008
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Ruffian as he looks, the first word he speaks — to a lady, at least — places him on a level with educated gentlemen, and his conversation is brilliant, and full of the light and fitfulness of genius.
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We was still alone, and no feverish words of mine can do justice to the fitfulness of his appearance as he sat at No. 4 table, increased by there being something wrong with the meter.
Somebody's Luggage 2007
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