Meanings
adverbsurlily (comparative more surlily, superlative most surlily)
comparative more surlily · superlative most surlily
- In a surly manner.
One of the biggest and most redoubted of the Black Family was now in that seat of dignity, and, refusing surlily to yield it at Jasper's rude summons, was seized by the scuff of the neck, and literally hurled on the table in front.
1858, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, What Will He Do with It?
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbin a churlish manner
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APA
surlily. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surlily
MLA
“surlily.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surlily. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “surlily,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surlily.
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