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astir::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | about |
the whole town was astir over the incident.
Examples of astir
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The nation was astir with civil rights, rebellion and a new social consciousness.
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These days physicists are astir with a concept that just may be their ultimate TOE.
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Things are astir once again in the kitchen of the Red Fish Grille on Bourbon Street.
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The nation was astir with civil rights activism, rebellion and a new social consciousness.
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Most entertaining is a kinetic, eight-minute Creation, astir with turbulent photography.
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Tunes you could actually sing, words that made sense, catchy beats that set your feet astir.
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Yet under the slothful surface, India is astir with powerful new social and economic forces.
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The world of academia has been astir lately with revelations about historic books and documents.
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It is an escape from thought, a liberation, and also a way of thinking, of setting the world astir.
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- Astir(p): out of bed; "are they astir yet?"; "up by seven each morning"
- About(p): on the move; "up and about"; "the whole town was astir over the incident"
- In motion; characterized by motion
