Ornerily
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 In an ornery manner.
"I, being ornerily inquisitive, was forced to read The Quest of the Historical Jesus by Dr. Albert Schweitzer, What Shall I Tell My Child? for my perfunctory sex education, and Sinclair Lewis's Main Street to learn how to survive peaceably living in small-town America."
Example
More examples"I, being ornerily inquisitive, was forced to read The Quest of the Historical Jesus by Dr. Albert Schweitzer, What Shall I Tell My Child? for my perfunctory sex education, and Sinclair Lewis's Main Street to learn how to survive peaceably living in small-town America."
Etymology
From ornery + -ly.
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