Fitful

Fit″ful (?), a. [From 7th Fit.] Full of fits; irregularly variable; impulsive and unstable.

After life's fitful fever, he sleeps well. Shak.

— Fit″ful‐ly, adv. — Fit″ful‐ness, n.

The victorious trumpet peal

Dies fitfully away. Macaulay.