1. SURLY, A.
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{dag}1. ? Lordly, majestic. Obs. rare.

    {dag}2.    a. Masterful, imperious; haughty, arrogant, supercilious.
Obs.

    {dag}b. as adv. Obs.

    3. a. Churlishly ill-humoured; rude and cross; `gloomily morose'
(J.). Said of persons (or animals), or their actions or attributes.

    b. as n. (quasi proper name). nonce-use.

    4. fig. from 2 and 3: {dag}`Imperious', stern and rough (obs.); (of
soil, etc.) obstinate, refractory, intractable; (of weather, etc.) rough
and gloomy, threatening and dismal.

    5. Comb., as surly-browed, -looking, -sounding adjs.; surly-boots [cf.
lazy-boots, sly-boots], an appellation for a surly person; {dag}surly-borne
a., haughty in bearing or demeanour.

2. SURLY
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obs. form of SURELY.