as in excitable
easily excited by nature
a fluttery bus driver who was obviously in the wrong line of work
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Recent Examples of fluttery
One coating gives the look of strip lashes, without the frustration of actually applying strip lashes—we’re talking maximum length and lift for a fanned-out, fluttery effect.
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Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 11 Aug. 2025
Meier's husky, raw voice is underscored by fluttery banjo on some tracks, electric guitar flourishes on others.
—Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 6 June 2025
Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 11 Aug. 2025
Meier's husky, raw voice is underscored by fluttery banjo on some tracks, electric guitar flourishes on others.
—Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 6 June 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fluttery
Adjective
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Neurons and glial cells are like dance partners in the brain, coordinating moves that shape how signals flow and how excitable neurons become.—
Pranjal Malewar,
New Atlas,
3 Sep. 2025
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Tony has fully bought into the dream, and Skarsgård plays him with excitable, boyish humor, almost as if the whole thing were a game.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
2 Sep. 2025
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Against Świątek, in two nervous moments, one of them on match point, net cords had given her safe harbor.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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The district’s disparate parts would be connected largely by two-lane highways cutting through steep slopes of places such as the Modoc National Forest, where nervous drivers must beware of a lack of guardrails.—
David Mark,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Fluttery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fluttery. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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