fidgety
Americanadjective
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restless; impatient; uneasy.
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nervously and excessively fussy.
Etymology
Origin of fidgety
Example Sentences
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Usually a hummingbird of a woman with fidgety hands and a nervous smile, she seemed dulled somehow.
From Literature
"You have to know him. He's fidgety to begin with," Payton said.
From Barron's
Bald with severe features but a soft and guileless disposition, he’s fidgety about the whole Hollywood press dance — this is only his fourth feature film score.
From Los Angeles Times
In contrast, Burton was performance art — rumpled, often rude, too fidgety to sit in long policy meetings.
From Los Angeles Times
This equipoise held for four very productive years, but there comes a moment in all love stories when one partner gets fidgety and starts to pull away.
From Los Angeles Times
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