twiddly
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8.8
- adjective
- /ˈtwɪdli/
- She became twiddly while waiting for the results, twisting her ring nervously.
Examples
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He felt twiddly before the interview and kept tapping his fingers on the table.
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The children grew twiddly during the long car ride and couldn't sit still.
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He has a twiddly habit of playing with his pen.
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Stop being so twiddly during the meeting!
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He felt twiddly before the interview and kept tapping his fingers on the table.
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She became twiddly while waiting for the results, twisting her ring nervously.
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The children grew twiddly during the long car ride and couldn't sit still.
Synonyms
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9.1
Feeling nervous and acting in strange, unpredictable ways
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4.8
Unable to stay still because you feel nervous
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3.5
Moving in a restless, wiggly way
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3.9
Making small, sudden movements of the body
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9.5
Feeling nervous and unable to sit still
Antonyms
How Fidgety
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Twiddly comes from the verb twiddle and the ending -y, and twiddle means 'to twist or fidget with the fingers'. Think of someone nervously twisting a ring or tapping their fingers, and you have the image that makes twiddly mean 'restless and fidgety'.