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# restlessness

«restlessness» in Mova's school dictionary: **a feeling of being unable to keep still or calm, often…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (no plural)

### meaning for a pupil

Restlessness is a feeling of being unable to keep still or calm, often because you are worried or waiting for something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restlessness/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in the tales a feeling of unease that will not go away, sometimes before a change or a wish comes true

### examples

- Then at last the restlessness would end. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restlessness/#x1)
- Her restlessness chased her through the halls. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restlessness/#x2)
- Ben's restlessness showed in his tapping feet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/restlessness/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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