restive
adjective
impatient of control, restraint, or delay, as persons; restless; uneasy.
restively
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a word derived from
restive.
Example Sentences
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As word of the arrests spread, other protesters milled restively outside the cordoned-off area around Trafalgar Square.
From New York Times ● May 6, 2023
There’s also a lack of geographic focus; whereas Kubrick homed in on the Overlook and pretty much stayed there, Flanagan’s film is all over the place, crossing restively from state to state.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 8, 2019
It takes deeply rooted and restively curious minds to make music like this.
From New York Times ● Jul. 21, 2017
Police officers clad in helmets and riot gear stood by looking bored, twirling their batons restively.
From Time Magazine Archive
But he got up from the piano bench too restively for it to have been a real gesture of dismissal.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
