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What does ornery mean?

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Adjective
  1. (Appalachia) Cantankerous, stubborn, disagreeable.
  2. (humorous) Mischievous, prankish, teasing, disagreeable but in a good way.
  3. (obsolete) Commonplace, inferior.
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In the face of modernity, there's a thrill in watching an ornery cuss who clings to the old ways.
Ryo was carrying a worn-out Chava on his back, and Zaila too looked tired and ornery.
Christy is happily married to her husband Bill, and shares her home with two ornery dachshunds, Tasha and PJ, and a ginger tabby named Henry.
Hernandez lets us see the stubborn and ornery side of this difficult character, rather than making him into some sort of saint.
Langford's always come off like an ornery cuss, a guy who doesn't suffer fools gladly.
Most afternoons, it's the two older players who bicker the most, like ornery retirees on a park bench.

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