flusteriness

Definitions

The quality of being flustery.

uncountable

Examples

““Um. I’m getting a jump⟳ on tomorrow,” she explained. She hoped her excuse⟳ sounded wittier to him—the man who enjoyed, as he’d probably put⟳ it, flusteriness. “Now I’m a whole day ahead.””

“I’m making Mr. and Mrs. Palmer their Sunday cappuccinos, and Grady’s flusteriness has almost made me upend coffee all over my new swing⟳ dress.”

“Still, she could not prevent⟳ Mrs Croxon’s flusteriness from spreading like⟳ a contagion, so that even Peg’s systems faltered.”

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