All 7 Uses of
fidget
in
The Idiot
- He stared out of the window, and fidgeted, and evidently longed for the end of the journey.†
Chpt 1.1 *fidgeted = made small restless movements
- Now, at once?" asked Mrs. Epanchin, gazing vaguely at her husband as he stood fidgeting before her.†
Chpt 1.5fidgeting = making small restless movements
- The general and Totski exchanged looks; Gania fidgeted convulsively in his chair.†
Chpt 1.13fidgeted = made small restless movements
- Everyone in the room fidgeted in their places, and waited to see what was coming next.†
Chpt 1.14
- Lebedeff kept fidgeting among the chairs, and did not seem to know what to do with himself, though he had no intention of going away.†
Chpt 2.6fidgeting = making small restless movements
- He seized his paper in a desperate hurry; he fidgeted with it, and tried to sort it, but for a long while his trembling hands could not collect the sheets together.†
Chpt 3.5fidgeted = made small restless movements
- She mechanically arranged her dress, and fidgeted uncomfortably, eventually changing her seat to the other end of the sofa.†
Chpt 4.8
Definitions:
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(1)
(fidget) to make small restless movements
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much more rarely (and usually in older literature), fidgets can reference a condition of restlessness irrespective of movements.