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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
surly/ˈsɜːli/

▶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).

'surly' also found in these Oxford entries:

bluff - churlish - curmudgeon - frown

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