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fidgety

[fij-i-tee] / ˈfɪdʒ ɪ ti /


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She also got to treat patients, including one with "fidgety legs", give out pretend prescriptions, take phone calls and tinker with various bits of medical equipment.

From BBC Jun. 28, 2026

"You have to know him. He's fidgety to begin with," Payton said.

From Barron's Jan. 27, 2026

In contrast, Burton was performance art — rumpled, often rude, too fidgety to sit in long policy meetings.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 7, 2025

This year, impatient as ever for winter to end, I decided to skip my usual routine of fidgety calendar watching and see if I couldn’t do something to hasten spring’s arrival.

From New York Times Mar. 16, 2024

His usual fidgety distraction is replaced with a determination I have never seen.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins




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