fluttery
[fluht-uh-ree]
adjective
fluttering; apt to flutter.
RELATED WORDS
nervous, shaky, strained, edgy, anxious, uneasy, apprehensive, agitated, jittery, restive, excited, stressful, wired, shot, wreck, concerned, moved, worried, moving, worrying
Origin of fluttery
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Contemporary Examples of fluttery
I saw a girl in a fluttery dress at an ice-cream stand, hugging a woman in a pantsuit—her mom.
Handcuffs, Ropes, and an Open Window: How I Escaped an Unthinkable ChildhoodGenyfer Spark
January 29, 2012
Historical Examples of fluttery
She was speaking very slowly, her eyes warm and fluttery and melting, a soft flush on her cheeks that did not go away.
Martin EdenJack London
She—come to think of it, she was kind of like a bird herself—real sweet and pretty, but kind of timid and—fluttery.
Miss Effie Allendyce took her under her wing in a fluttery, mothery sort of a way with a great many "my dear's."
Red-RobinJane Abbott
The next morning Miss Effie started the two of282 them off for the "appointment" with a fluttery excitement bordering on hysteria.
Red-RobinJane Abbott
You like a girl who is helpless and fluttery, who can be patronized.
The Short Line WarSamuel Merwin
fluttery
adjective
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