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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
skittishly
adv 1: in a skittish manner; "the horse pranced around
skittishly"