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FITFULNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being spasmodic and irregular
Synonyms:
fitfulness; jerkiness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("fitfulness" is a kind of...):
irregularity; unregularity (not characterized by a fixed principle or rate; at irregular intervals)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fitfulness"):
spasticity (the quality of moving or acting in spasms)
Derivation:
fitful (intermittently stopping and starting)
fitful (occurring in spells and often abruptly)