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fractiously
adverb
uk /ˈfræk.ʃəs.li/ us /ˈfræk.ʃəs.li/
in a way that shows you are upset or annoyed:
The waiting room was full; a child cried fractiously.
At the beginning of the film we see a couple fractiously preparing to entertain a group of friends.
The child kicked off her sheet fractiously; her usually pale face was red.
He has fractiously maintained that he is against war, and hopes his tour next week will be a mission of peace.
A team of filmmakers is fractiously attempting to finalize a documentary in the studio.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Angry and displeased
acridly
acrimonious
acrimoniously
aggrieved
amused
exasperatedly
fed up
fed up to the back teethidiom
fired up
fit to be tiedidiom
not be a happy camperidiom
outraged
peeved
piqued
pissed off
venomous
warpath
wound up
wrathful
wrathfully
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