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• surly — surlily, adv. surliness, n. /serr lee/, adj., surlier, surliest. 1. churlishly rude or bad tempered: a surly waiter. 2. unfriendly or hostile; menacingly irritable: a surly old lion. 3. dark or dismal; menacing; threatening: a surly sky. 4. Obs.… …   Universalium

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• surly — sur|ly [ˈsə:li US ˈsə:rli] adj [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: sirly like a lord, proud and grand (14 17 centuries), from sir] bad tempered and unfriendly = ↑sullen ▪ a surly teenager >surliness n [U] …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• sir — [13] In common with many other European terms of address for men (such as monsieur and señor), sir goes back ultimately to Latin senior ‘older’ (source also of English senior). This was reduced in Vulgar Latin to *seior, which found its way into… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• surly — 1560s, lordly, majestic, alteration of M.E. sirly lordly, imperious (14c.), from sir. The meaning rude, gruff is first attested 1660s. For sense development, Cf. lordly, and Ger. herrisch domineering, imperious, from Herr master, lord …   Etymology dictionary

• surly — adjective (surlier, surliest) bad tempered and unfriendly. Derivatives surlily adverb surliness noun Origin C16 (in the sense lordly, haughty ): alt. of obs. sirly (see sir, ly1) …   English new terms dictionary

• surly — sur•ly [[t]ˈsɜr li[/t]] adj. li•er, li•est 1) sullenly rude or bad tempered 2) unfriendly or hostile; menacingly irritable: a surly old lion[/ex] 3) dark or dismal: a surly sky[/ex] 4) Obs. lordly; arrogant • Etymology: 1560–70; sp. var. of obs.… …   From formal English to slang

• surly — /ˈsɜli / (say serlee) adjective (surlier, surliest) 1. churlishly rude or ill humoured, as a person or the manner, tone, expression, etc. 2. (of an animal) ill tempered and unfriendly. 3. Obsolete lordly; arrogant. {variant of obsolete sirly… …  

• surlily — surly ► ADJECTIVE (surlier, surliest) ▪ bad tempered and unfriendly. DERIVATIVES surlily adverb surliness noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «lordly, haughty»: from obsolete sirly, from SIR(Cf. ↑sir) …   English terms dictionary