Definition of skittery in English:
skittery
adjectiveˈskɪt(ə)riˈskidərē
Restless; skittish.
Example sentencesExamples
- Sunny days are okay, but if the water is sub 10-feet the bream can be shy and skittery and bites are difficult to hit.
- In her speedy, skittery conversational style, Karen, 27, says that giving everything of herself didn't leave much.
- Character and script are more important than plot, which is pretty much coherent but skittery.
- Humpies and dogs are jumping their skittery jumps along the skin of the water.
- He faced me fully, looking nervous and skittery.
- I still remember that tight skittery feeling in the pit of my stomach from all the different schools I attended.
- The standout songs are the slow-burning piano jam ‘Selfish’ and the skittery funk of ‘Do You.’
- Plenty of skittery clicks and cuts finish the mix.
- I have an adopted stray semi-psycho cat, and she has twice lived with other cats, and that has only made her more skittery.
Synonyms
restive, excitable, nervous, easily frightened
Rhymes
glittery, jittery, twittery