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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : jit-uh-ree |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒɪt ə ri |
Definition of jittery
Origin :- 1931, American English, from jitter + -y (2). Related: Jitteriness.
- adj nervous
- But she was jittery as an old hen and it weren't like her nohow.
- Extract from : « Year of the Big Thaw » by Marion Zimmer Bradley
- You see, it sort of riled me—I warn't used to the ways of Jittery swells.
- Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
- Mrs. RVS started to get jittery at about ten mps away from home, and above fifteen, she was trembling steadily.
- Extract from : « Slingshot » by Irving W. Lande
- Since the Skye excitement everyone is inclined to be jittery and nerves are stretched tightly.
- Extract from : « Greener Than You Think » by Ward Moore
- And I'll admit that I was as jittery as a hen on a hot stove until we got this Fortress off the ground, and into the air.
- Extract from : « Dave Dawson at Truk » by Robert Sydney Bowen
- Chub flushed, knowing full well that reference was being made to the jittery way he had talked about ghosts.
- Extract from : « Dan Carter and the Cub Honor » by Mildred A. Wirt
- But before he could come near enough, Pal charged the blackbirds and sent them in jittery flight back to the trees.
- Extract from : « Trading Jeff and his Dog » by James Arthur Kjelgaard
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