twittery

[ twit-uh-ree ]

adjective

1. given to or characterized by twittering.
2. tremulous; shaky.

Word History and Origins

Origin of twittery¹

First recorded in 1880–85; twitter + -y ¹

Example Sentences

He tried something similar over the past week with Substack, the newsletter platform that now has a Twittery feed feature.

From Slate

The British monarchy seems suddenly diminished, its ancient and weighty saga shrunken, tabloidy, Twittery, wee.

From Washington Post

Cleverly playing with our sympathies, Gaynord, in his feature debut, stirs upper-class twittery and working-class pragmatism into scenes prickling with ambiguity.

From New York Times

“She feels it in the air—love, I mean—and she’s going very fast. She’s got most of the symptoms—is twittery and cross, doesn’t eat, lies awake, and mopes in corners. I caught her singing that song he gave her, and once she said ‘John’, as you do, and then turned as red as a poppy.

From Literature

Like Agatha Christie’s elderly Miss Marple, who concealed her razor-sharp mind under a twittery exterior to outwit the parade of murderers overrunning her small village, Ellen uses her status as an apparently in-over-her-head middle-aged woman as a stealth weapon, never letting her ego get in the way.

From New York Times