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English Dictionary: fractiously	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for fractiously
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fractiously adv in a peevish manner [syn: peevishly, querulously, fractiously] in a fractious manner; "the horse was behaving fractiously and refused to jump"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fractious \Frac"tious\, a. [Cf. Prov. E. frack forward, eager, E. freak, fridge; or Prov. E. fratch to squabble, quarrel.] Apt to break out into a passion; apt to scold; cross; snappish; ugly; unruly; as, a fractious man; a fractious horse. Syn: Snappish; peevish; waspish; cross; irritable; perverse; pettish. -- {Frac"tiously}, v. -- {Frac"tiousness}, n.