[1900–05; skitter + -y1]This word is first recorded in the period 1900–05. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Young Turk, desensitize, elder statesman, hormone, hydroplane-y is a native English suffix of adjectives meaning “characterized by or inclined to”the substance or action of the word or stem to which the suffix is attached. Otherwords that use the affix -y include: dreamy, grouchy, juicy, rumbly
Examples of 'skittery' in a sentence
skittery
A sense of danger swept her, a skittery sensation washing over her skin.
Stephanie Laurens ON A WILD NIGHT (2002)
With a clipped nonconformism, a skittery energy, she compels throughout.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The horses, it seemed to me, had not been ridden for some time, and were distinctly skittery.