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FIDGETY
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Nervous and unable to relax
Example:
a restless child
Synonyms:
antsy; fidgety; fretful; itchy
Classified under:
Similar:
tense (in or of a state of physical or nervous tension)
Derivation:
fidget; fidgetiness (a feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion)
Context examples:
Well, I had a talk with Marmee the other day, and told her how nervous and cross and out of sorts I felt, and she said I needed change and less care, so Hannah is to help me with the children, and I'm to see to things about the house more, and now and then have a little fun, just to keep me from getting to be a fidgety, broken-down old woman before my time.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
