fitfully adv : in a fitful manner; "he slept fitfully"

English

Etymology

From fit + -ful + -ly.

Pronunciation

Adverb

1. In a fitful manner; irregularly or unsteadily.

   He slept fitfully, plagued by bad dreams and a persistent cough.

at haphazard, at intervals, at irregular intervals, at random, brokenly, by catches, by chance, by fits, by jerks, by skips, by snatches, capriciously, carelessly, desultorily, disconnectedly, discontinuously, eccentrically, erratically, flutteringly, haltingly, haphazardly, here and there, hit or miss, in snatches, in spots, inconstantly, indiscriminately, infrequently, intermittently, irregularly, jerkily, lurchingly, nonuniformly, occasionally, off and on, patchily, per saltum, promiscuously, quakingly, quaveringly, quiveringly, randomly, roughly, saltatorily, shakily, shudderingly, skippingly, sloppily, spasmodically, sporadically, spottily, tremblingly, tremulously, uncertainly, unevenly, unmethodically, unpredictably, unrhythmically, unsteadily, unsystematically, variably, waveringly, whimsically, willy-nilly, wobblingly