Definitions
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- adjective
comparative form ofornery : moreornery
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Examples
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Early next year, VW will roll out the ornerier GLI (figure $24,000 or so), with a 200-hp turbo-gas engine and the dual-clutch gearbox, as well as a multilink rear suspension.
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The startled horse reared and screamed, but Skeeter had stayed with horses ornerier than this.
Wagers of Sin Asprin, Robert 1996
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He has eight of them and says that each is ornerier than the other, which makes a circle.
Centennial Michener, James 1974
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He was mebby thinking how much ornerier that would make the hull scheme.
Danny's Own Story 1912
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The two-seamer doesn't generally reach the same velocity-most pitchers seem to lose a few miles per hour with it-but it has ornerier action.
Independent Weekly 2010
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