/əˈstɜː/, /əˈstɝ/, /əˈstɪr/
- In motion; characterized by motion.
“Her book has perhaps been a good one; it has refreshed, refilled, rewarmed her heart; it has set her brain astir, furnished her mind with pictures.”
“For in quick spring the sap is all astir.”
“Wilson, who was acting as cook, was up and astir at his duties in the cook-house.”
- Out of bed; up and about.
“I had but a broken sleep the night before, in anticipation of the pleasure of a whole day with Em’ly. We were all astir betimes in the morning;”
“‘It is early to be astir this Sabbath morn,’ he said cheerfully.”
“Ezinma was still sleeping when everyone else was astir,”
Formsmore astir(comparative) · most astir(superlative)