fractiously

1. 1.

   in a peevish manner

   Synonymspeevishlyquerulously
2. 2.

   in a fractious manner

   “the horse was behaving fractiously and refused to jump”

Questions about fractiously

What does fractiously mean?

fractiously means "in a peevish manner". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fractiously?

fractiously has 4 syllables: frac-ti-ou-sly. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for fractiously?

Close synonyms include peevishly, querulously. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.