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US
/ˈdʒɪtɝi/
]
[ UK /dʒˈɪtəɹi/ ]
[ UK /dʒˈɪtəɹi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
characterized by jerky movements
a jittery ride - being in a tense state
How To Use jittery In A Sentence
- She'd married young, to a cordwainer's apprentice with a clubfoot and jittery laugh, named Ephraim Bennet.
- Although the bank has made reassuring noises, investors remain jittery. Times, Sunday Times
- Gord stood nearby in jittery indecision — encouraged by hunger, restrained by fear. 1977, part 2: The Lord of the Rinky-Dink
- All ears are going to be on that Flying Lotus version, fluctuating between flashes of darkcore inspirations and jittery junglist flex-outs, sounding like he's added a healthy dose of Steve Gurley to his recent listening habits after the Burial inflections of recent works. Boomkat: Just arrived
- The heavier guitar riff which underlies this jittery paced indie rock track makes it one of the band's strongest releases in a while. The Sun
- So what I have here is kind of pointillist and jittery, little glimpses of characters doing things. There is a crack in everything. that's how the light gets in.
- Big companies have become jittery at the very moment India needs foreign investment to help with its soaring current account deficit. Times, Sunday Times
- Research has shown even casual smoking during pregnancy can make newborn babies jittery, more excitable and more difficult to console than babies born to non-smokers.
- Not just in a figure of speech kind of way, but genuinely in love - jittery in its presence, pining during its absence, utterly fulfilled and completed during the time you spend with it?
- Abby starts to get very nervous and jittery and says that Tituba is the one responsible for all of this.