Restive in English
- restive ⇄ adv. restively. english
- restive ⇄ noun restiveness. english
- restive ⇄ restive, adjective.
1. restless; uneasy.
Ex. a restive audience. A restive, resurgent Germany, ten years after the abyss of total defeat ... (Newsweek).
2. hard to manage.
Ex. a restive child.
(SYN) intractable, refractory.english