restlessly

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Germanic *rastō

Proto-West Germanic *rastu

Old English ræst

Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der.

Proto-Germanic *leusaną

Proto-Germanic *lausaz

Proto-Germanic *-lausaz

Proto-West Germanic *-laus

Old English -lēas

Old English ræstlēas

Middle English restles

English restless

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English restlessly

From restless + -ly.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

restlessly (comparative more restlessly, superlative most restlessly)

1. In a restless manner.
   • 1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, →OCLC:

     There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy. […] Stewards, carrying cabin trunks, swarm in the corridors. Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place.

Translations

in a restless manner

• Georgian: მოუსვენრად (mousvenrad)
• Ingrian: raisust

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “restlessly”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.