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n. - Characterized by nervousness and quickness to take fright; The anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters.

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  • "And Allison Clyde," she finished her announcement: "but you won't mind her," she added, recalling the restiveness of the present generation under boredom.
  • You mentioned there's a kind of restiveness that was apparent by the time you were named acting President.
  • If they don't deliver that, then there will be some restiveness.
  • Better acquainted than before with the cause of her restiveness, the
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