fidgety

adj

fidgety

adj

/ˈfɪd͡ʒɪti/

Etymology From fidget + -y.

1

Having, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget; restless.

  • I did not feel sea-sick at all. But as the days passed, I became fidgety. I felt shy even in speaking to the steward. […]1925-29, Mahadev Desai (translator), M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, Part I, chapter xiii
  • A fidgety child can easily knock over the drink and burn the two of you.1999, Laurie Waldstein, Leslie Zinberg, The Pink and Blue Toddler and Preschooler Pages:
Synonyms
antsy, fretful, itchy
Derived terms
fidgetily, fidgetiness

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