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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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No, she was still the prickly, ornery, far too practical person she had always been, even in matters of sentiment.
Ryo was carrying a worn-out Chava on his back, and Zaila too looked tired and ornery.
Hernandez lets us see the stubborn and ornery side of this difficult character, rather than making him into some sort of saint.
How come, he wondered, had a man with a whole personal remuda to pick from come to choose himself such an ornery horse to ride.
From other interviews I'd seen, I knew Jim could make things difficult for me if he was in one of his ornery moods.
While Spike Lee favourite Davis's deadpan performance as JFK is great, Campbell's portrayal of the ornery old Elvis steals the film.

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