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When Goodman left Strictly, he told ITV show Lorraine: "I did it for 12 years, and I wasn't getting too dithery, but there comes a time when... I just couldn't keep going back and forwards."

From BBC • Nov. 15, 2022

A New York Times theater critic reviewing "The Beginning of August" in 2000 sensed this too, writing of Steenburgen's performance, "that dithery naivete is still there, but it seems somehow to have grown fangs."

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2018

As Regan, Ms. Hecht is all distractingly dithery neuroses and hesitations.

From New York Times • Aug. 5, 2014

Edith, of the dithery manner, cheerfully high-pitched voice and family loyalty, charmed viewers but was viewed by Stapleton as “submissive” and, she hoped, removed from reality.

From Time • Jun. 1, 2013

The dramaturgy is confused, like a dithery navigator with an antiquated map.

From BusinessWeek • Oct. 2, 2011