fitfully

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Recent Examples of fitfully This book is a stylish pastiche, as an unnamed woman fitfully reconstructs herself under the thumb of a strange man. Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fitfully
Adverb
  • In it, the scientists postulated an increased risk of death in people who fasted intermittently.
    Frederik Jötten, Scientific American, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Mating season is February to April, and females will lay one or two eggs per day intermittently during that period.
    Ashley Mackin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Outside the Jeoffry section, the poem celebrates goats, wine, the King of Sardinia, the Postmaster General, and on and unpredictably on, compiling one of the more eccentric inventories of creation.
    Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The pilots demonstrate CyRo’s capability in scenarios, highlighting its advantages, such as assembly on moving platforms where parts arrive unpredictably, handling transparent and reflective components, and adapting to new geometries without reprogramming.
    Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • In its lapses, Graff’s book, perhaps unconsciously, helps this dangerous temptation persist—along with the myth that the bombings were inevitable or unavoidable.
    Book Marks September 11, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
  • When someone is known primarily for reliability, colleagues unconsciously pigeonhole them.
    Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025

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“Fitfully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fitfully. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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