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Definition of Skittishly
1. Adverb. In a skittish manner. "The horse pranced around skittishly"
Definition of Skittishly
1. Adverb. In a skittish manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Skittishly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Skittishly
Literary usage of Skittishly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1899)
"I drop an earth worm (Lumbricus) before them. No. i looks at its serpentine
movements, steps back skittishly, and gives for the first time the ..."
2. America's Great Depression by Murray Newton Rothbard (2000)
"The Fed, he warned skittishly, should not concern itself with the stock market
or security loans, lest it produce a general slump. Tighter money would make ..."
3. History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great: Called by Thomas Carlyle (1858)
"... which were transpiring, or skittishly bubbling up, in poor benighted rotten
Europe here or there;—since these are sufficient to date the Transaction ..."
4. The Rhyming Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Whole Language by John Walker, John Longmuir (1902)
"To trapa To run idly and skittishly about, va Pipe A tube; musical instrament;
two hogsheads, a. To pipe To play on a pipe, ..."
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