The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fractiously
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"tious*ly, v. -- Frac"tious*ness, n.
Wiktionary
fractiously
adv. In a fractious manner.
WordNet
fractiously
adv. in a peevish manner [syn: peevishly, querulously]
in a fractious manner; "the horse was behaving fractiously and refused to jump"
Usage examples of "fractiously".
It was all, thought Odin fractiously, too much for someone at his time of life, which was extremely advanced, but not in any particular direction.