Meanings
adverbornerily (comparative more ornerily, superlative most ornerily)
comparative more ornerily · superlative most ornerily
- 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.
2011, Susie Duncan Sexton, Secrets of an Old Typewriter: Stories from a Smart and Sassy Small Town Girl
Origin
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APA
ornerily. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ornerily
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“ornerily.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ornerily. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ornerily,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ornerily.
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