SURLY

a.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Arrogant; haughty. [Obs.] Cotgrave.

2.
a.

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. "That surly spirit, melancholy." Shak.

3.
a.

Rough; dark; tempestuous. Now softened into joy the surly storm. Thomson.

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