SURLY
\sˈɜːli], \sˈɜːli], \s_ˈɜː_l_i]\
Definitions of SURLY
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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Gloomily morose; ill-natured, abrupt, and rude; severe; sour; crabbed; rough; sullen; gloomy; as, a surly groom; a surly dog; surly language; a surly look.
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Rough; dark; tempestuous.
By Oddity Software
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Surlily.
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Surliness.
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Surlier.
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Surliest.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Surlily.
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Surliness.
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Morose: uncivil: tempestuous.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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