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What does orneriness mean?

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Noun
  1. the state of being ornery
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This was a sop perhaps to his constituents, who pride themselves on the orneriness of Vermont and already have another independent, Bernie Sanders, once the socialist mayor of Burlington, in the House.
But it's his feel for family that makes this novel and his appreciation for orneriness keeps the sentimentality at bay.
This is a factor in remaining steady to shot or halting on command, when temptation or orneriness overcomes their training.
Jerry, with rare orneriness, pointed out that Victor had never clearly explained how to navigate.
We are brought, with elegance and style, with dry wit and orneriness, to elegy.
The post-election gloom of the nation's leading Republicans has yielded to a mood of orneriness akin to that of sports fans convinced that their team has lost the big game on a botched call.

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