2. Adjective. constantly moving about ¹
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Definition of Dithery
1. nervously excited [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dithery
Literary usage of Dithery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. London Society edited by James Hogg, Florence Marryat (1884)
"The spectacle is a 'dithery'one to men of unflinching nerves to face ; but to
the courageous ..."
2. London Society edited by James Hogg, Florence Marryat (1878)
"... although the low comedian looks very lugubrious, and the leading lady, seasick,
is more deathlike than she will appear in the dithery dying scenes on ..."
3. Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes (1901)
"We can fancy the lolloping plough-horse getting round a lagging half couple,
while the old thorough-bred, with bit in her mouth, forgetting dithery knees ..."
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