jittery
adjective/ˈdʒɪtəri/
Frequency rank: #17,448 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
feeling nervous, anxious, or unable to keep still.
Example sentence
She felt jittery before going on stage for the first time.
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