restlessly

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adverb

In a restless manner.

OriginEnglish restless ← Middle English restles ← Old English ræstlēas →
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Meanings

adverbrestlessly (comparative more restlessly, superlative most restlessly)

comparative more restlessly · superlative most restlessly

  1. In a restless manner.

    There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.[…]Stewards, carrying cabin trunks, swarm in the corridors. Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place.

    1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, →OCLC

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
uneasily

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*rastō
  2. Proto-West Germanic*rastu
  3. Old Englishræst
  4. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  6. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  7. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  8. Old Englishræstlēas
  9. Middle Englishrestles
  10. Englishrestless
  11. Englishrestlessly

From restless + -ly.

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APA

restlessly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/restlessly

MLA

“restlessly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/restlessly. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “restlessly,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/restlessly.

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