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Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (1)

1. in a skittish manner;
- Example: "the horse pranced around skittishly"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Skittish \Skit"tish\, a. [See Skit, v. t.]
   1. Easily frightened; timorous; shy; untrustworthy; as, a
      skittish colt. "A restiff, skittish jade." --L'Estrange.
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   2. Wanton; restive; freakish; volatile; changeable; fickle.
      "Skittish Fortune's hall." --Shak.
      [1913 Webster] -- Skit"tish*ly, adv. --
      Skit"tish*ness, n.
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