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restlessly

restlessly adverb: in a restless manner.

Adverb

restlessly (comparative more restlessly, superlative most restlessly)

  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.1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, →OCLC

Forms of restlessly

comparativemore restlessly
superlativemost restlessly

Origin of restlessly

From restless + -ly.

Questions about restlessly

What does restlessly mean?
Restlessly means in a restless manner.
What part of speech is restlessly?
Restlessly is an adverb.

Words near restlessly in the dictionary

  1. restless genital syndrome
  2. restless leg syndrome
  3. restless leg syndromes
  4. restless legs
  5. restless legs syndrome
  6. restlessly
  7. restlessness
  8. restlessnesses
  9. restmass
  10. restmasses
  11. resto

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