skittery
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of skittery
Example Sentences
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Variety called it a "skittery sequel loaded down with MCU baggage", but Screen Rant pointed out that its "Rotten Tomatoes audience score Is way better than expected after negative early reviews".
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2023
On Thursday, some of the quick, chattering rhythms at the work’s center were still skittery, but broader sections played to Noseda’s and the orchestra’s strengths: big, generous gestures of sturdy sound.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 28, 2020
Nearly 35 years later, the Hot 100 is crowned by a track that’s even more whacked-out and skittery than “Somebody’s Watching Me.”
From Slate ● Dec. 6, 2018
A brief audience Q&A follows; with Bowie shy and skittery and perhaps otherwise altered, it has the air of a polite First Contact.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2016
Even to Scarlett he seemed shadowy in the deepening dusk, like something that was almost not there, a shimmer of heat haze, a skittery leaf that for a moment had seemed to be a boy.
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
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