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fractiously Definition


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fractious
adj
    1. Cross and quarrelsome; inclined to quarrel and complain.
      Thesaurus: cross, touchy, testy, grouchy, petulant, irritable, peevish, choleric, crabby, crotchety; Antonym: complaisant.
Derivative: fractiously
adverb
    Derivative: fractiousness
    noun
      Etymology: 18c: modelled on fraction, in an earlier sense of ‘dispute' or ‘quarrel'.



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