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FIDGETINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fidgetiness mean?
• FIDGETINESS (noun)
The noun FIDGETINESS has 1 sense:
1. a feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion
Familiarity information: FIDGETINESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Synonyms:
fidget; fidgetiness; restlessness
Context example:
waiting gave him a feeling of restlessness
Hypernyms ("fidgetiness" is a kind of...):
agitation (the feeling of being agitated; not calm)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fidgetiness"):
impatience (a restless desire for change and excitement)
Derivation:
fidgety (nervous and unable to relax)
Context examples
Mr. Woodhouse's peculiarities and fidgetiness were sometimes provoking him to a rational remonstrance or sharp retort equally ill-bestowed.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
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