Synonyms for fidgety


Grammar : Adj
Spell : fij-i-tee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɪdʒ ɪ ti

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Définition of fidgety

Origin :
  • 1730s, from fidget (n.) + -y (2).
  • adj restlessly moving
Example sentences :
  • "You mean that she isn't in the least fidgety," replied the doctor.
  • Extract from : « Hetty's Strange History » by Anonymous
  • And she is so—so fidgety and—and nervous and high-spirited and silly.
  • Extract from : « Cap'n Dan's Daughter » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • He sat there and stared at her until she grew red and fidgety.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
  • She's only fidgety; if I can hold her when they throw off, I 'll have no trouble afterwards.
  • Extract from : « The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) » by Charles James Lever
  • That was no wonder; for, in this fidgety world, Lily Prior was a treasure.
  • Extract from : « Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 453 » by Various
  • Half an hour must have gone by, and, though on the look-out, I was not fidgety.
  • Extract from : « The Five Jars » by Montague Rhodes James
  • Now, among the leaves of the Oak there was one that was always restless and fidgety.
  • Extract from : « Parables from Flowers » by Gertrude P. Dyer
  • Since yesterday afternoon he has refused all his food, and been so restless and fidgety.
  • Extract from : « The Mistress of Shenstone » by Florence L. Barclay
  • But you make me fidgety, having to turn my head around every minute after you.
  • Extract from : « Her Mother's Secret » by Emma D. E. N. Southworth
  • No; I feel too fidgety about my father looking for us to want any food.
  • Extract from : « Mother Carey's Chicken » by George Manville Fenn

Antonyms for fidgety

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