The Collaborative International Dictionary
Factious \Fac"tious\ a. [L. factiosus: cf. F. factieux.]
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Given to faction; addicted to form parties and raise dissensions, in opposition to government or the common good; turbulent; seditious; prone to clamor against public measures or men; -- said of persons.
Factious for the house of Lancaster.
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Pertaining to faction; proceeding from faction; indicating, or characterized by, faction; -- said of acts or expressions; as, factious quarrels.
Headlong zeal or factious fury.
--Burke. -- Fac"tious*ly, adv. -- Fac"tious*ness, n.
Wiktionary
adv. In a factious manner.
Usage examples of "factiously".
This resolution was read in a committee of ways and means on Monday, the 17th of February, after which Lord John Russel addressed the committee, factiously opposing the scheme of the premier, without offering any sound practical suggestion, or propounding any principle.