fidgety
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[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈfɪd͡ʒɪti/
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Adjective
[edit]fidgety (comparative fidgetier, superlative fidgetiest)
- Having, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget; restless.
- 1925-29, Mahadev Desai (translator), M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, Part I, chapter xiii:
- I did not feel sea-sick at all. But as the days passed, I became fidgety. I felt shy even in speaking to the steward. […]
- 1999, Laurie Waldstein, Leslie Zinberg, The Pink and Blue Toddler and Preschooler Pages:
- A fidgety child can easily knock over the drink and burn the two of you.
- 1925-29, Mahadev Desai (translator), M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, Part I, chapter xiii:
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[edit]having, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget
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