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ˈtwitchily, adv. [f. twitchy a.1 + -ly2.] Nervously, in a twitchy manner; displaying nervous energy.
1934in Webster. 1964J. Braine Jealous God iii. 70 A girl..who was pretty in an acceptable way, not tartish, not twitchily refined. 1978J. Updike Coup (1979) iii. 108 She no longer moved like the great-granddaughter of a leopard, but more electrically, twitchily, like a modern woman connected to a variety of energy-sources. |