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• n  characterized by nervousness and quickness to take fright

• And all this skittishness about single payer explains the delicacy with which the House drafters have tried to finesse the question of whether their system will have a public plan .
• But Democrats' skittishness on gun control also dates back to their traumatic experience in the 2000 election.
• Once they got over their natural skittishness of the facts of unconscious life, informal, easygoing Bob Young found it surprisingly easy to get his clerical couples talking about .

• restiveness

News & Articles

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• Europe at Ease With Eyes in the Sky
  Despite general skittishness about electronic surveillance, European officials seem more open to civilian drones than regulators in the United States.
  Nov. 22, 2013 - New York Times

Quotes

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• Stephen Harper in Toronto Star
  The recent skittishness of markets is telling us they are awaiting our actions, actions that must be decisive but also coordinated and balanced,Harper said.
• Mitch McConnell in FOXNews
  I don't sense an enhanced sense of skittishness, if that's what you're asking here, on the part of Republican colleagues of mine in the Senate,the party's leader, Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, told reporters. "I'm optimistic that when...
• Judd Gregg in FOXNews
  There's a lot of skittishness on both sides about coming to the table,said Sen. Judd Gregg of New Hampshire, the top Republican on the Senate Budget Committee. "The White House is afraid of taxes and the Democrats are afraid of controlling...