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fractiously

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frac·tious  (frkshs)
adj.
1. Inclined to make trouble; unruly.
2. Having a peevish nature; cranky.
[From fraction, discord (obsolete).]
fractious·ly adv.
fractious·ness n.
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Adv.1.fractiously - in a peevish manner
peevishly, querulously
2.fractiously - in a fractious manner; "the horse was behaving fractiously and refused to jump"
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We have nice houses, well paid jobs and friends who can talk the back legs off a donkey when it comes to the world's ails, whilst missing the point that we are that very same community of people we fractiously waggle our finger at.
Alan Savage column by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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