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restive

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  1. contrary              
 
res.tive \'res-tiv\ aj [ME, fr. MF, fr. rester to stop behind, remain] 1: 
   stubbornly resisting control : BALKY  2: fidgeting about : UNEASY  - 
   res.tive.ly av