The horse was behaving fractiously and refused to jump. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness. ,an incorrigibly fractious young man. From Dictionary.com.
Edmund continued to wail fractiously and she jogged him against her body. From Wordnik.com. [The Falcons of Montabard]
"But it's only a third of the amount I asked for," protested Demi fractiously. From Wordnik.com. ['Whaddya mean, no adverbs?' asked Tom swiftly.] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul]
His reputation (speaking of the Pequod) is an extraordinary ship in which Marxists, cricket buffs, black activists, Pan-Africanists, and lovers of belles lettres sail together, albeit fractiously. From Wordnik.com. [Bowling Alone] Reference
Republicans may be struggling in the dunk tank since the last national elections, holding onto each other for warmth and flotation in the Senate and House and fractiously searching for a new overarchi. From Wordnik.com. [Phil Bronstein: GOP Pols Believe in Outsourcing -- the Dirty Work] Reference
Today, the 16 acres in Lower Manhattan are still a hole in the ground, with the foundation for a single building barely laid, no compelling vision for what will be built, and the whole process still sputtering along fractiously and inconclusively. From Wordnik.com. [From Mao to Wow!] Reference
Republicans may be struggling in the dunk tank since the last national elections, holding onto each other for warmth and flotation in the Senate and House and fractiously searching for a new overarching identity to avoid being the outlying party for the next several decades. From Wordnik.com. [Phil Bronstein: GOP Pols Believe in Outsourcing -- the Dirty Work] Reference
"Why do you girls do that?" he asked me, fractiously. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
"But I wanted to wear them," she fractiously answered. From Wordnik.com. [Verner's Pride] Reference
"What should they do at Heartburg?" she fractiously asked. From Wordnik.com. [Verner's Pride] Reference
She argued with herself a little fractiously on the escape of men. From Wordnik.com. [Married Life The True Romance] Reference
And outside, the fractiously litigious environment is hardly less challenging. From Wordnik.com. [Sport news, comment and results | guardian.co.uk] Reference
"Can't you shet the door!" she inquired, fractiously, beginning to untie her cloud. From Wordnik.com. [Meadow Grass Tales of New England Life] Reference
"Would you mind taking off your society manner?" requested Hepatica, a trifle fractiously. From Wordnik.com. [A Court of Inquiry] Reference
He said very fractiously: I don't like little women, and I hate anybody, male or female, who sings. From Wordnik.com. [The Return of the Soldier] Reference
They tug at the leash fractiously, they make leisurely nasal inventory of every door step, railing, and post. From Wordnik.com. [Sixes and Sevens] Reference
Saying something to that effect, he quitted the room, leaving Sibylla sobbing; fractiously on the pillow of the chair. From Wordnik.com. [Verner's Pride] Reference
"If you once begin to alter, you've got to make all over," said Mrs. Ledwith, a little fractiously, putting the scissors in with unwilling fingers. From Wordnik.com. [Real Folks] Reference
Sibylla was in no humour to talk: she had repulsed Decima rudely -- or it may rather be said fractiously -- when the latter had ventured on conversation. From Wordnik.com. [Verner's Pride] Reference
He was so high strung, and so fractiously opposed to any one getting upon his back, that Mrs. Washington had forbidden any one on the farm attempting the feat. From Wordnik.com. [From Farm House to the White House The life of George Washington, his boyhood, youth, manhood, public and private life and services] Reference
After the pretty Greek greeting, "Joy be with you," which she faintly answered, he asked her, as fractiously as though he had spent hours of anxiety, where she had been so long. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works] Reference
Got you, and I don't know if you mentioned this earlier, I got on a little bit late, but on the pension you obviously put a lot of money in this year, and I would guess you timed the market pretty fractiously. From Wordnik.com. [Healthcare Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha] Reference
The thing had already risen on the horizon of Deacon Dickenson's store, like one of those puzzling stars or fractiously disposed heavenly bodies that seem created to furnish astronomers with something to talk about. From Wordnik.com. [Poganuc People: Their Loves and Lives] Reference
I could hear the water hammering into something that rang like a gong; and each time I rolled over in the musty trough of my feather-bed I fractiously asked myself why the mischief they had left the tap running all night. From Wordnik.com. [All on the Irish Shore Irish Sketches] Reference
No word on the subject had reached the old man's outer ears; but as Katty struggled slowly and fractiously towards convalescence, it became clearer in his mind that unless something happened, she must, when well enough to be moved, seek change of air away at the big House. From Wordnik.com. [Strangers at Lisconnel] Reference
"For Art's sake, son," he said, fractiously, "don't spend any more money for paint. From Wordnik.com. [Roads of Destiny] Reference
A laser show, 'said Random fractiously. From Wordnik.com. [Mostly Harmless]
"I don't care for conduct," she fractiously retorted, "I remember what papa said, and that's enough. From Wordnik.com. [Verner's Pride] Reference
"I hate old friends!" says the girl fractiously. From Wordnik.com. [April's Lady A Novel] Reference
(four stars) - "At a time when Gordon Brown's ill-judged phrase about 'British jobs for British workers' has come back to haunt him, and the debate about multicultural Britain grinds fractiously on. From Wordnik.com. Reference
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