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ornery

or·ner·y [ áwrnəree ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. irritable: uncooperative and irritable ( informal )

2. U.S. insufficient: meager, whether out of poverty or lack of generosity ( informal )

3. regional common: ordinary

[Early 19th century. Dialectal variant of ordinary]

or·ner·i·ness noun
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