Both Uses of
fidget
in
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
- Sethe's children cannot play in the kitchen anymore, so she is dashing back and forth between house and quarters-fidgety and frustrated trying to watch over them.†
Part 2fidgety = restless and finding it hard to sit still
- Nervous, she fidgeted the knot and looked to the right.†
Part 3 *fidgeted = made small restless movements
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.