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Meaning of startlish | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

Easily startled; skittish.

colloquial

Examples

“He stirred up in a kind of a startlish way; but when he see it was only me he took a good gap and stretch, and then he says: “Hello, what's up? Don't cry, bub. What's the trouble?””

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

starvational starve-acre starveacre starved starveling starven