restlessly [
'restlisli]
ad. 不安地, 慌张地
restlessly[ adv ]
in a restless manner
<adv.all>
he cracked his knuckles restlessly
Restless \Rest"less\, a. [AS. restle['a]s.]
1. Never resting; unquiet; uneasy; continually moving; as, a
restless child. --Chaucer. ``Restless revolution day by
day.'' --Milton.
2. Not satisfied to be at rest or in peace; averse to repose
or quiet; eager for change; discontented; as, restless
schemers; restless ambition; restless subjects. ``Restless
at home, and ever prone to range.'' --Dryden.
3. Deprived of rest or sleep.
Restless he passed the remnants of the night.
--Dryden.
4. Passed in unquietness; as, the patient has had a restless
night.
5. Not affording rest; as, a restless chair. --Cowper.
{Restless thrush}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Grinder}, 3.
Syn: Unquiet; uneasy; disturbed; disquieted; sleepless;
agitated; unsettled; roving; wandering.
※ -- {Rest"less*ly}, adv.-
{Rest"less*ness}, n.
- Receding waters have exposed cracked river banks and beach-like expanses where barges sit mired, their crews restlessly hoping for an unlikely rain.
- Miro's apparent enthusiasm for things big and small, and his restlessly inventive imagination, evident from his earliest to his last works, provide an absorbing and fascinating experience.
- We can watch him restlessly trying on poetic styles until he found one that really suited him.