All 3 Uses of
fidget
in
Howards End
- He doesn't want the money, it is work he wants, though it is beastly work—dull country, dishonest natives, an eternal fidget over fresh water and food...A nation that can produce men of that sort may well be proud.†
Part 13fidget = make small restless movements
- Henry did not encourage romance, and she was no girl to fidget for it.†
Part 20 *
- She returned, without emotion, as fidgety as ever.†
Part 34fidgety = restless and finding it hard to sit still
Definitions:
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(1)
(fidget) to make small restless movements
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely (and usually in older literature), fidgets can reference a condition of restlessness irrespective of movements.