Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a fractious manner.
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- adverb In a
fractious manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a fractious manner
- adverb in a peevish manner
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Examples
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More recently, the Warren Buffett-inspired tax debate, regarding whether millionaires should pay at least the same tax rate as the common worker, has surfaced fractiously, pitting President Obama and Democrats against most Republicans.
Michael Shank: Why 'Occupy Wall Street' Protests? America's High Rates of Poverty & Income Inequality Michael Shank 2011
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More recently, the Warren Buffett-inspired tax debate, regarding whether millionaires should pay at least the same tax rate as the common worker, has surfaced fractiously, pitting President Obama and Democrats against most Republicans.
Michael Shank: Why 'Occupy Wall Street' Protests? America's High Rates of Poverty & Income Inequality Michael Shank 2011
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More recently, the Warren Buffett-inspired tax debate, regarding whether millionaires should pay at least the same tax rate as the common worker, has surfaced fractiously, pitting President Obama and Democrats against most Republicans.
Michael Shank: Why 'Occupy Wall Street' Protests? America's High Rates of Poverty & Income Inequality Michael Shank 2011
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More recently, the Warren Buffett-inspired tax debate, regarding whether millionaires should pay at least the same tax rate as the common worker, has surfaced fractiously, pitting President Obama and Democrats against most Republicans.
Michael Shank: Why 'Occupy Wall Street' Protests? America's High Rates of Poverty & Income Inequality Michael Shank 2011
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More recently, the Warren Buffet-inspired tax debate, regarding whether millionaires should pay at least the same tax rate as the common worker, has surfaced fractiously, pitting President Obama and Democrats against most Republicans.
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More recently, the Warren Buffett-inspired tax debate, regarding whether millionaires should pay at least the same tax rate as the common worker, has surfaced fractiously, pitting President Obama and Democrats against most Republicans.
Michael Shank: Why 'Occupy Wall Street' Protests? America's High Rates of Poverty & Income Inequality Michael Shank 2011
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"But it's only a third of the amount I asked for," protested Demi fractiously.
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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.
Phil Bronstein: GOP Pols Believe in Outsourcing -- the Dirty Work 2009
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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 ...
Phil Bronstein: GOP Pols Believe in Outsourcing -- the Dirty Work 2009
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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 ...
Phil Bronstein: GOP Pols Believe in Outsourcing -- the Dirty Work 2009
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