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• n  a fussy and eccentric disposition

• And so, older and marginally wiser, I'm taking the path of least crankiness in the early days of this new Administration.
• But for all Zawahiri's ruthlessness, his crankiness undermined his effectiveness as a leader of the organization leadership in al-Qaeda, like any legitimate organization .
• But that was all right because late-life crankiness had by then made us largely resistant to new ideas anyway.

• crotchetiness
• contrariness
• grumpiness

News & Articles

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• 5 Ways to Survive a Sugar Detox
  Want to get off sugarbut afraid of cravings and crankiness? Head off withdrawal symptoms with this plan.
  July 21, 2013 - The Daily Siftings Herald

Quotes

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• Michael Easson in The Australian
  Easson, who has published extensively on McKell, argues "the McKell model projected Labor as a modernising party free of ideological crankiness".
• Todd Lowrie in The Age
  He's been really good. I've been really happy with him,Lowrie said. "A lot of the stories you hear are probably a little bit unfair as far as his crankiness and that sort of stuff. He's a little bit cranky in his own way [but] he brings...
• Orrin Hatch in ABC News
  I always loved -- loved that when he wore the incredible hulk tie,said Hatch. "I always got a big kick out of it. I even liked his crankiness because there was always a little smile behind that. he never held a grudge against anybody and...