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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a restive manner.

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  • adverb In a restive manner.

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  • adverb in a restive manner

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Examples

  • I'm one of the lucky ones I suppose, whose dreams are balanced between distractingly epic and restively mundane.

    Howard Hughes and the Wretched Crack of Noon musey_q 2010

  • I'm one of the lucky ones I suppose, whose dreams are balanced between distractingly epic and restively mundane.

    Howard Hughes and the Wretched Crack of Noon musey_q 2010

  • Toddlers who fall asleep on their own tend to sleep more restively.

    Study: Sharing bed with toddler won't harm development 2011

  • She shifted restively as he started delving his tongue into her sex.

    Black Magic Cherry Adair 2010

  • He moved restively, and Beth got the feeling that he was in the throes of doing battle with some inner demon.

    Shameless KAREN ROBARDS 2010

  • She shifted restively as he started delving his tongue into her sex.

    Black Magic Cherry Adair 2010

  • After a moment or so of this, the women stirred restively.

    Shameless KAREN ROBARDS 2010

  • She shifted restively as he started delving his tongue into her sex.

    Black Magic Cherry Adair 2010

  • He moved restively, and Beth got the feeling that he was in the throes of doing battle with some inner demon.

    Shameless KAREN ROBARDS 2010

  • After a moment or so of this, the women stirred restively.

    Shameless KAREN ROBARDS 2010

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