Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a restless manner; unquietly.
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- adverb In a
restless manner.
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- adverb in a restless manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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"That's one real tough kid," said Yankee owner George Steinbrenner, watching restlessly from the press box as the scoreless New York innings went by.
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For some time before leaving the room in the tavern she had turned the coins restlessly over and over under her kerchief, and meanwhile, as if in a dream, made but evasive answers to the questions and demands of
In the Blue Pike — Volume 03 Georg Ebers 1867
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For some time before leaving the room in the tavern she had turned the coins restlessly over and over under her kerchief, and meanwhile, as if in a dream, made but evasive answers to the questions and demands of
The Complete Short Works Georg Ebers 1867
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For some time before leaving the room in the tavern she had turned the coins restlessly over and over under her kerchief, and meanwhile, as if in a dream, made but evasive answers to the questions and demands of
Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works Georg Ebers 1867
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For some time before leaving the room in the tavern she had turned the coins restlessly over and over under her kerchief, and meanwhile, as if in a dream, made but evasive answers to the questions and demands of
In the Blue Pike — Complete Georg Ebers 1867
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Witnesses say that the beast had been acting "restlessly" all morning long before he apparently took matters into his own hands.
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But Jerry snarled again and was for leaping upon the black when he stirred restlessly and dizzily sat up.
CHAPTER XXIII 2010
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Not for nothing had I been called “Sissy” Van Weyden, I thought, as I tossed restlessly on my bunk between one nightmare and another.
Chapter 12 2010
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Louis settles in New York while Clem, a wildlife biologist, moves restlessly about until she lands in the Rocky Mountains.
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Yesterday, in a most undignified moment, I answered the doorbell having forgotten the Slinky jiggling restlessly at my buttocks.
Telling Tails Tim O 2009
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