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jumpiness

n. The state of being jumpy.

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jumpiness

n. the anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters [syn: jitteriness, nervousness, restiveness]

Usage examples of "jumpiness".

Graham could not restrain a smile as he noted how the jumpiness of the little man contrasted with the elephantine indifference of the police sergeant.

The fact that his superior officers' new jumpiness was obviously German-inspired made him feel, insofar as such a feeling was possible for a Fascist, frankly bolshy.

Away from mountaineering, it gave her, at times, an unrelaxed look, a jumpiness.