Found 2 items, similar to fractiously.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: fractiously fractiously adv 1: in a peevish manner [syn: peevishly, querulously] 2: in a fractious manner; “the horse was behaving fractiously and refused to jump”
English → English (gcide) Definition: 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. [1913 Webster]