States and conditions
Synonyms for fitfully
The synonym for fitfully recorded in this bank is spasmodically, in the sense "in an irregular, disturbed manner, with intervals of activity and rest". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for fitfully
- spasmodicallyadverb, in the sense "in an irregular, disturbed manner, with intervals of activity and rest"
One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day fitfully is audited in a second meaning.
in an irregular, disturbed manner, with intervals of activity and rest
He dozed fitfully on the long flight, waking every few minutes.
The true synonym
spasmodically
Same sentence, swapped: He dozed spasmodically on the long flight, waking every few minutes.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- soundly
- gently
- briskly
Where fitfully turns up in the game
fitfully is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play fitfully
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so fitfully reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other states and conditions words at High Camp, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. fitfully carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.