Restlessly

adv

adv ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a restless manner.

    "There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.[…]Stewards, carrying cabin trunks, swarm in the corridors. Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a restless manner wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
anxiouslyimpatientlyuneasily

Example

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"He keeps pacing up and down restlessly."

Etymology

From restless + -ly.

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