RESTLESSLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does restlessly mean? 

• RESTLESSLY (adverb)
  The adverb RESTLESSLY has 1 sense:

1. in a restless manner

  Familiarity information: RESTLESSLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RESTLESSLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a restless manner

Context example:

he cracked his knuckles restlessly

Pertainym:

restless (lacking or not affording physical or mental rest)

 Context examples 

“You must be aware, Mr. Copperfield,” he added, looking restlessly in at the door again, “if Mr. Spenlow objects—”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The maids were still breathing, but more restlessly, and I fancied that the narcotic was wearing off.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Not for nothing had I been called “Sissy” Van Weyden, I thought, as I tossed restlessly on my bunk between one nightmare and another.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Catherine was restlessly miserable; she could almost have run round to the box in which he sat and forced him to hear her explanation.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

All day Buck brooded by the pool or roamed restlessly about the camp.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

The commotion caused the circle of eyes to shift restlessly for a moment and even to withdraw a bit, but it settled down again as the dogs became quiet.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

No sleep was there: the inmate was walking restlessly from wall to wall; and again and again he sighed while I listened.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

He paced restlessly about our sitting-room in a fever of suppressed energy, biting his nails, tapping the furniture, and chafing against inaction.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He moved about restlessly.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

“You have mentioned this to Mr. Spenlow, I suppose?” said Mr. Jorkins; when he had heard me, very restlessly, to an end.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)