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Recent Examples of fitfully
The resulting hodge-podge proves only fitfully compelling.
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Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 23 Dec. 2025
The orchestra seemed only fitfully engaged with Dudamel’s direction—a warning sign amid hoopla.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
Shamet was fitfully productive when played in meaningful spot minutes during the postseason for New York last year.
—Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
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
Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 23 Dec. 2025
The orchestra seemed only fitfully engaged with Dudamel’s direction—a warning sign amid hoopla.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
Shamet was fitfully productive when played in meaningful spot minutes during the postseason for New York last year.
—Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
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
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Since the hotel closed, the building has been used as a training facility for police and been intermittently occupied by homeless people.—
Tyler Faurot,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Jan. 2026
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Amazon intermittently has physical copies of the series available and sells it for its Kindle e-book platform.—
Lucia Cheng,
Des Moines Register,
8 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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The vehicles inject extra danger and unpredictably into these encounters.—
Nick Miroff,
The Atlantic,
10 Jan. 2026
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According to Concord police, Joyce Richardson called 911 on New Year’s Eve and reported her son had knocked her and her husband over and was behaving unpredictably.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
9 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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That was a privilege to have that much time to process something, almost unconsciously but also consciously.—
Marcus Jones,
IndieWire,
6 Jan. 2026
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What art aims for consciously or unconsciously—that boundary between mystery and what can be known, between the hidden and what can be seen.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Dec. 2025
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“Fitfully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fitfully. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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