restlessly

English

Etymology

From restless +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

restlessly (comparative more restlessly, superlative most restlessly)

1. In a restless manner.
   • 1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, →OCLC:

     There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy. […] Stewards, carrying cabin trunks, swarm in the corridors. Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place.

Translations

in a restless manner

• Ingrian: raisust

References

• “restlessly”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.