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twittery

American  
[twit-uh-ree] / ˈtwɪt ə ri /

adjective

  1. given to or characterized by twittering.

  2. tremulous; shaky.


Etymology

Origin of twittery

First recorded in 1880–85; twitter + -y 1

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Cleverly playing with our sympathies, Gaynord, in his feature debut, stirs upper-class twittery and working-class pragmatism into scenes prickling with ambiguity.

From New York Times Mar. 10, 2022

So accustomed have we become to the rapid-fire riposte, the staccato of TV talk and the insulting nit-wittery of twittery, that a thoughtful, considered speech in no hurry to get somewhere was almost hypnotic.

From Washington Post Jul. 31, 2020

She seems as twittery and free of thought as the parakeet seen in an onscreen video.

From New York Times Jan. 7, 2019

Audiences awarded George's gags a crash of silence, roared at Grade's twittery voice, her air of blissful inanity.

From Time Magazine Archive

He found them annoying and self-centered, twittery and vain.

From "The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane" by Kate DiCamillo

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