Antsy vs Antly - What's the difference?
antsy | antly |
restless, apprehensive and fidgety
Of, resembling, characteristic of, or pertaining to ants; formic.
*1964 , Conrad Aiken, Richard P. Blackmur, The collected novels of Conrad Aiken :
*2005 , Tim Walsh, Timeless toys :
*2007 , Robert Malcolm Murray, Jan Narveson, Liberty, Games and Contracts :
*2007 , Piers Anthony, Stork Naked :
As adjectives the difference between antsy and antly
is that antsy is restless, apprehensive and fidgety while antly is of, resembling, characteristic of, or pertaining to ants; formic.antsy
English
Adjective
(er)- The children were antsy and worried [...]. – “Rabbit at Rest”, by John Updike
See also
* toeyAnagrams
* * *antly
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- Statues, of heroic size, would be erected to the great ant heroes — warriors, builders, or what not — inscribed with phrases like, "He was the antliest ant of all time." . . . And of course there would be an anthropomorphic god.
- Beside the pool, the little workers were diligently going about their antly business, unnoticed by everybody except Milton.
- Such a plan just wouldn't be reasonable, given typical antly survival requirements. Cooperation is surely the best policy. It would be much wiser for each ant to align its behaviour with that of its fellows, provided those other ants do [...]
- You must accept a proffered Pique Ant ambassador, as you are pique ants too. By antly protocol you are obliged to grant me the hospitality of the hill for a day and night.” “This is highly irregular.” “Nevertheless legitimate.