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Meanings of fidgety in English

Nervous and unable to relax.

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Usage of fidgety in English
1
She hurried; she could tell Baldwin was fidgety, anxious to get moving.
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2
Such an extraordinary turn caught the attention of even the fidgety Peter.
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3
When I sit still for a couple of days, I get fidgety.
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4
Then for an hour it was deadly dull, and I was fidgety.
The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
5
It is easy to see how fidgety he is, and no wonder.
With Frederick the Great: A Story of the Seven Years' War
6
Mademoiselle Vadevant was also becoming fidgety, though she strove to hide it.
Chatterbox, 1906
7
Finally Bess declared she was too fidgety to sit still any longer.
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8
She was nervous and fidgety ever since she came on board, too.
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9
He had expected them somewhat earlier, and was beginning to become fidgety.
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10
All of this was accompanied by more fidgety percussion from the thrusters.
Seveneves
11
There are some things they're fidgety about and will have just so.
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12
Beside her, God mother was nothing but a plump, shortsighted fidgety lady.
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13
Let a boy dictate a letter to a gum-chewing, fidgety, harum-scarum stenographer.
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14
Something about it taps into their little fidgety fingers and burgeoning minds.
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15
I wouldn't be as fidgety as you are for a large farm.
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16
Mrs. Coombe became each moment more fidgety, she became, in fact, jerky!
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Fidgety across language varieties
United Kingdom
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United States of America
Common