Surley vs. Surly

Surley

Misspelling of surly.

Surlyadjective

Irritated, bad-tempered, unfriendly.

Surlyadjective

Threatening, menacing, gloomy.

‘The surly weather put us all in a bad mood.’;

Surlyadjective

(obsolete) Lordly, arrogant, supercilious.

Surlyadverb

(obsolete) In an arrogant or supercilious manner.

Surlyadjective

Arrogant; haughty.

Surlyadjective

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.

Surlyadjective

Rough; dark; tempestuous.

‘Now softened into joy the surly storm.’;

Surlyadjective

inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace;

‘a surly waiter’; ‘an ugly frame of mind’;