Fidgety
['fɪdʒɪtɪ] or ['fɪdʒɪti]
Definition
(a.) Restless; uneasy.
Editor: Olaf
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [Colloquial.] Uneasy, restless, impatient.
Typist: Robbie
Examples
- I myself acknowledge to have been fidgety and ill-tempered. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I got fidgety again, and resolved on making a survey of the grounds before the rain came. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- In his absence she was a still personage, but with him the most officious, fidgety little body possible. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Hannah says she thinks so, but she looks worried, and that makes me fidgety, answered Meg. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I should get so fidgety and worried of an evening, sometimes, that I should be driven to come to the door and stand here sooner than sit there. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- She was now in an irritation as violent from delight, as she had ever been fidgety from alarm and vexation. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Why, you see I got fidgety, and so did Grandpa. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Mr Flintwinch had been a little fidgety, and now struck in. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
Typist: Robbie