fidgety

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  1. adjective Tending to fidget.
  2. adjective Creating unnecessary fuss.

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  • Presently I felt more fidgety, and making a trumpet of my hands I called out to the Secretary, who answered back that the ship had been laying to three-quarters of an hour, and that we should have gone off when the gun fired. —  The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton Volume II
  • Campbell was looking fidgety, as if his administrative obligations were beckoning. —  Asimov'sSF,October-November2007
  • His manner was fidgety, his arms being thrown uneasily about, and his fingers fumbling his mustache or his clothing or the papers on his desk. —  Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White, V1
  • He studied her until she became fidgety, then his grin widened. —  Stephanie Bond - Kids Is A 4-Letter Word
  • She casts Charlie as a fidgety guy with few professional ambitions who replaces drinking with jogging. —  MoJo Blogs and Articles
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