Both Uses of
fidget
in
Me Before You
- I spent the first twenty minutes feeling a bit fidgety, irritated by the subtitles and wondering if Will was going to get grouchy if I told him I needed the loo.†
p. 73.1 *fidgety = restless and finding it hard to sit still
- I did so, mutely, and stood there, fidgeting, until he emerged.†
p. 256.9fidgeting = making 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.