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fractiously
English
Etymology
fractious +? -ly
Adverb
fractiously (comparative more fractiously, superlative most fractiously)
- In a fractious manner.
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fractious
English
Etymology
fraction (“discord, (now obsolete)”) +? -ous
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?f?æk.??s/
Adjective
fractious (comparative more fractious, superlative most fractious)
- Given to troublemaking.
- Irritable; argumentative; quarrelsome.
- 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, Smith, Elder & Company, London, page 228,
- …in his present fractious mood, she dared whisper no observations, nor ask of him any information.
- 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, Smith, Elder & Company, London, page 228,
Derived terms
- fractiously
- fractiousness
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