Antonyms for edgy


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ej-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛdʒ i


Definition of edgy

Origin :
  • "having sharp edges," 1755, from edge (n.) + -y (2). Meaning "tense and irritable" is attested by 1837, perhaps from notion of being on the edge, at the point of doing something irrational (a figurative use attested from c.1600).
  • adj nervous
Example sentences :
  • Especially with a man like James, who is as sharp as a razor, and just as edgy.
  • Extract from : « Love and Lucy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett
  • I had been sitting around Chris's for a couple of hours, and I was beginning to get edgy.
  • Extract from : « The Day of the Boomer Dukes » by Frederik Pohl
  • She would, he thought, have been good-looking if she had not looked so tired and so edgy.
  • Extract from : « The Stars, My Brothers » by Edmond Hamilton
  • What little I had to say would be brief, I told them, but "edgy."
  • Extract from : « Frenzied Finance » by Thomas W. Lawson
  • After he had ordered his own lunch, he turned to her with an edgy politeness.
  • Extract from : « The Disturbing Charm » by Berta Ruck
  • He had scarcely closed his eyes the night before, and he felt all edgy.
  • Extract from : « Cinderella Jane » by Marjorie Benton Cooke
  • They were all edgy or simply frightened, but they were taking it very well.
  • Extract from : « What Rough Beast? » by Jefferson Highe
  • Their request made the necessity for His coming sacrifice stand out more sharply to His view--with edgy sharpness.
  • Extract from : « Quiet Talks with World Winners » by S. D. Gordon
  • He is either the sort of being you name in a whisper—or makes you edgy all over—like a slate-pencil.
  • Extract from : « Love and Lucy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett
  • The edgy sharpness of his tone made the girl open her eyes and stare at him.
  • Extract from : « The Sick-a-Bed Lady » by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

Synonyms for edgy

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