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Meanings of fidgety in English

Nervous and unable to relax.

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Examples for "restless"
Examples for "restless"
1
The populace is restless in the provinces; it is not in Paris.
Les Misérables
2
Similar rules also exist in Tibet, another restless area of Chinese control.
Reuters
3
They are restless in the City of Dreadful Night; and small wonder.
Rudyard Kipling
4
The booms in particular were possessed of a restless and unstable spirit.
The Cruise of the Jasper B.
5
A mining-camp is a restless thing; its peoples live in the streets.
The Furnace of Gold
1
Only young William was fretful, wanting to join the remaining United men.
The rebels of ireland: the dublin saga
2
The girl in the bed turned a fretful face toward her mother:
A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill
3
I had lived in California for seven years but had become fretful.
The Irish Times
4
He could hear the sweet, rather fretful voice calling from the shadows:
The Wild Olive: A Novel
5
She does nothing but indulge in fretful regrets over her broken health.
Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo
1
I've got food in the conference room, and Bangor is getting antsy.
The cold room
2
Besides, duty calls: Scarecrow's getting kind of antsy over in the corner.
Fire With Fire
3
Ten minutes later I was sitting at my desk, frustrated and antsy.
Temperance Brennan 01 - Déjà Dead
4
They get antsy on long weekends, and holidays are hard for them.
Toxic bachelors
5
That's why I'm so antsy about her delays in launching Operation Scylla.
Ashes Of Victory
1
RI: Windburn and itchy skin result from surface dryness of the skin.
Ebony
2
All of these elements can result in itchy, flaky and irritated skin.
Ebony
3
An itchy pressure at the back of my pelvis: distracting, annoying, omnipresent.
The Irish Times
4
She blinked several times as if her eyes were really itchy now.
Petals from the sky
5
Even right now, I have an unusual, itchy rash on my ankles.
The Guardian
Usage of fidgety in English
1
She hurried; she could tell Baldwin was fidgety, anxious to get moving.
The cold room
2
Such an extraordinary turn caught the attention of even the fidgety Peter.
Birthright: A Novel
3
When I sit still for a couple of days, I get fidgety.
Reuters
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.
Nan Sherwood's Winter Holidays; Or, Rescuing the Runaways
8
She was nervous and fidgety ever since she came on board, too.
The Log of the Empire State
9
He had expected them somewhat earlier, and was beginning to become fidgety.
Doctor Thorne
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.
He Fell in Love with His Wife
12
Beside her, God mother was nothing but a plump, shortsighted fidgety lady.
The Getting of Wisdom
13
Let a boy dictate a letter to a gum-chewing, fidgety, harum-scarum stenographer.
Public Speaking
14
Something about it taps into their little fidgety fingers and burgeoning minds.
Wired
15
I wouldn't be as fidgety as you are for a large farm.
The Outlet
16
Mrs. Coombe became each moment more fidgety, she became, in fact, jerky!
Up the Hill and Over
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