nervy

Nervy as men are made, MacRae worshiped at the shrine of an even break, a square deal for friend or foe.

He must be getting nervy, he thought, and continued his inspection of the wallet.

The magistrate of Esifeni was not a timid man, but the monotony of life at his remote post rather tended to make him “nervy.”

He was one of the gregarious sort, a loud talker, nervy really, very familiar with all the passengers.

Oh, ho, I see you are not as nervy as I thought, there was a mischievous glint in his merry black eyes.