Both Uses of
restive
in
Anna Karenina
- Driving was out of the question, because one of the horses was restive, and bolted in the shafts.†
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- To the carriage, instead of the restive Raven, they had harnessed, thanks to the representations of Marya Philimonovna, the bailiff's horse, Brownie, and Darya Alexandrovna, delayed by anxiety over her own attire, came out and got in, dressed in a white muslin gown.†
Part 3
Definition:
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(restive) uneasy, impatient, and difficult to control