surlily

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

surly +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

surlily (comparative more surlily, superlative most surlily)

  1. In a surly manner.
    • 1858, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, What Will He Do with It?:
      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.
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