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# restlessly

«restlessly» in Mova's school dictionary: **in a way that cannot keep still or calm: moving about…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (restlessly; more restlessly)

### meaning for a pupil

Restlessly means in a way that cannot keep still or calm: moving about because you feel uneasy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restlessly/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in the tales a character moves or speaks anxiously, as if worried or in pain: a hand moves restlessly, a man walks about restlessly

### examples

- Her hand moves restlessly on her chest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restlessly/#x1)
- He walked about restlessly, kicking the ground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restlessly/#x2)
- "Oh, husband," said the wife restlessly, "I cannot wait any longer." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restlessly/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «restlessly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restlessly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.