skittery

American  

[skit-uh-ree] / ˈskɪt ə ri /

adjective

1. skittish.

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Etymology

Origin of skittery

First recorded in 1900–05; skitter + -y ¹

Example Sentences

The saxophonist Charles Lloyd’s composition “Monk’s Dance” pays homage to the pianist Thelonious Monk, and he shares it with a redoubtable pianist: Jason Moran, who starts the track with a skittery, vertiginous, harmonically restless intro that also hints at ragtime.

From New York Times

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

Ferran Paredes Rubio’s vivid on-location photography, Carmine Guarino’s scenic design, Susanna Mastroianni’s costumes and a soundtrack that combines English- and Italian-language pop with Enzo Avitabile’s skittery, dissonant original music keep you in a pleasant cocoon of sensation — like the films of Paolo Sorrentino but more connected to the earth.

From New York Times

Acerbic and mischievous, Yard Act's skittery post-punk anthems are peppered with wry observations on post-Brexit Britain.

From BBC

Summoning multiple voices — blithe, assertive, witchy, whooping, belting — Zhala sustains phrases like “I lose myself in time” amid a track of skittery, percussive plinks, clatters and hisses that keeps adding unexpected layers on the way to a galloping peak, as propulsive as it is inscrutable.

From New York Times