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comparative surlier, superlative surliest
Irritated, bad-tempered, unfriendly. examples
Threatening, menacing, gloomy. examples
(obsolete) Lordly, arrogant, supercilious.
(obsolete) In an arrogant or supercilious manner. quotations
Against the Capitol I met a lion / Who glazed upon me, and went surly by / Without annoying me […]
1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act I, scene iii]