Wondering how to use Fitfully in a sentence? Below are 3 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning .
Fitfully meaning
In a fitful manner; irregularly or unsteadily.
Using Fitfully
- The main meaning on this page is: In a fitful manner; irregularly or unsteadily.
Context around Fitfully
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 0 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Fitfully
- In this selection, "fitfully" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 26.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, grown, coming and blows stand out and add context to how "fitfully" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as it fitfully blows half and gradually and fitfully coming under. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "fitfully" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with fitfully
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
External investment in Botswana has grown fitfully. (7 words)
Nationally, inflation cooled last month yet remained over the Fed’s 2% target rate in the latest sign that the pandemic-fueled price surge is only gradually and fitfully coming under control. (32 words)
On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses? (40 words)
On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses? (40 words)
Nationally, inflation cooled last month yet remained over the Fed’s 2% target rate in the latest sign that the pandemic-fueled price surge is only gradually and fitfully coming under control. (32 words)
External investment in Botswana has grown fitfully. (7 words)
On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses? (40 words)
Example sentences (3)
Nationally, inflation cooled last month yet remained over the Fed’s 2% target rate in the latest sign that the pandemic-fueled price surge is only gradually and fitfully coming under control.
External investment in Botswana has grown fitfully.
On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?