jumpy
adjective
subject to sudden, involuntary starts, especially from nervousness, fear, excitement, etc.
jumpiness
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a word derived from
jumpy.
Example Sentences
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Many people who endure a traumatic event will experience nightmares, jumpiness and emotional numbing in its wake.
From New York Times ● Jul. 5, 2022
Einstein objected to the jumpiness, chance elements and other indeterminate aspects of quantum theory, whereas Bohr found these acceptable.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 13, 2017
But it is the jumpiness and the contradictions of Baldwin’s text that play so well in Peck’s movie: film, too, often jumps around and contradicts itself—or reality.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 5, 2017
The retired Air Force general said he wasn't certain, but the Iraqis' jumpiness was a portent.
From US News ● Jan. 17, 2016
But I knew Uncle Tony wasn't trying to be rude, and that his jumpiness was all about my second-place loss at the meet on Saturday, which, by the way, he wasn't at.
From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds
