restively

1. 1.

   in a restive manner

   “he sat down again, restively”

Questions about restively

What does restively mean?

restively means "in a restive manner".

How many syllables are in restively?

restively has 4 syllables: re-sti-ve-ly. The stress falls on "sti".

Is restively a common word?

restively is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.