twiddly
- 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
Feeling nervous and acting in strange, unpredictable ways
Unable to stay still because you feel nervous
Making small, sudden movements of the body
Moving in a restless, wiggly way
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'.