scattiness

"But there's a steely intelligence under that gentle scattiness."

They giggled with the profound scattiness that only the truly stoned can manage.

Had Tess, not Bee, been the more caring, responsible sister all along, despite her youth and "scattiness"?

(Having an airsick ghost fits nicely into Babs's mix of scattiness and purpose.)

The others are the energy of Phyllida Lloyd's production, which packs a sparsely furnished stage with schoolgirl bustle and scattiness, and, especially, the skills of the principal performer.

Toward the end, the mix of brisk mulishness and good-natured scattiness that Dame Judi plays so well has become bleak self-knowledge combined with gritty resilience, qualities she plays even better.