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I was a theater geek, and I was a surly cheerleader, and that's really kind of a contradiction.
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Meaning of "surly" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SURLY

From obsolete sirly haughty.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SURLY

surly  [ˈsɜːlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SURLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Surly is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SURLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of surly in the English dictionary

The first definition of surly in the dictionary is sullenly ill-tempered or rude. Other definition of surly is ill-tempered or refractory. Surly is also dismal.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SURLY


Burghley
ˈbɜːlɪ
Burleigh
ˈbɜːlɪ
burley
ˈbɜːlɪ
burly
ˈbɜːlɪ
curli
ˈkɜːlɪ
curly
ˈkɜːlɪ
early
ˈɜːlɪ
girlie
ˈɡɜːlɪ
girly
ˈɡɜːlɪ
gurly
ˈɡɜːlɪ
hurley
ˈhɜːlɪ
hurly
ˈhɜːlɪ
hurly-burly
ˈhɜːlɪˈbɜːlɪ
murly
ˈmɜːlɪ
pearly
ˈpɜːlɪ
swirly
ˈswɜːlɪ
twirly
ˈtwɜːlɪ
whirly
ˈwɜːlɪ
wurley
ˈwɜːlɪ
wurlie
ˈwɜːlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SURLY

surjection
surjective
surlier
surliest
surlily
surliness
surmaster
surmisable
surmisal
surmise
surmiser
surmount
surmountable
surmountableness
surmounter
surmullet

WORDS THAT END LIKE SURLY

bihourly
clearly
dourly
elderly
fairly
formerly
half-hourly
hourly
nearly
neighbourly
overly
particularly
poorly
properly
quarter-hourly
regularly
savourly
similarly
sourly
unneighbourly

Synonyms and antonyms of surly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SURLY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «surly» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of surly

Translation of «surly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SURLY

Find out the translation of surly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of surly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «surly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

切切实实的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hosco
570 millions of speakers

English

surly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रूक्ष
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عابس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неприветливый
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ranzinza
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কর্কশকণ্ঠ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

revêche
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Suram
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

mürrisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

無愛想な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

기분이 언짢아
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Surly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hay cau có
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கடுகடுப்புள்ள
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

झपाटयाने
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

somurtkan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scontroso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gburowaty
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

непривітний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

posac
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

οργίλος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

nors
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

buttre
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

surly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of surly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SURLY»

The term «surly» is quite widely used and occupies the 35.714 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SURLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «surly» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «surly» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about surly

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3 QUOTES WITH «SURLY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word surly.
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Greg Boyle
You stand with the least likely to succeed until success is succeeded by something more valuable: kinship. You stand with the belligerent, the surly and the badly behaved until bad behavior is recognized for the language it is: the vocabulary of the deeply wounded and of those whose burdens are more than they can bear.
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John Millington Synge
Lord, confound this surly sister, blight her brow with blotch and blister, cramp her larynx, lung and liver, in her guts a galling give her.
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Natalie Zea
I was a theater geek, and I was a surly cheerleader, and that's really kind of a contradiction.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SURLY»

Discover the use of surly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to surly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Slipping the Surly Bonds: Reagan's Challenger Address
Stuckey analyzes the text of the speech given by Reagan, one of the most significant of his presidency, just hours after this tragedy.
Mary E. Stuckey, 2006
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Slipping the Surly Bonds: Great Quotations on Flight
A word of caution, however. If you're buying this book for yourself, be sure to write your name inside the cover.
‎1998
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Surly Bonds
In his first action packed novel, Michael Byars Lewis weaves a complex thriller that takes you on a wild adventure filled with twists and turns from the skies over Enid, Oklahoma to the streets of Moscow and will leave you guessing until ...
Michael Byars Lewis, 2012
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Bright Lights, Big Ass: A Self-indulgent, Surly Ex-sorority ...
A hilarious new memoir by the best-selling author of Bitter Is the New Black chronicles the not-so-wonderful moments of her life in the big city, from reporting rude neighbors to Homeland Security or harboring a crush on her grocery store ...
Jen Lancaster, 2007
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Subversive Cross Stitch: 33 Designs for Your Surly Side
Needlework is America's most popular craft, with about 38 million stitchers according to the Hobby Industry of America. Subversive Cross Stitch puts a 21st-century spin to this age-old art.
Julie Jackson, 2006
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Surly Tim: A Lancashire Story
"Surly. Tim". *. A. Lancashire. Story. "Sorry to hear my fellow-workmen speak so disparagin' o' me? Well, Mester, that's as it may be yo' know. Happen my fellowworkmen ha' made a bit o' a mistake—happen what seems loike crustiness to ...
Frances Hodgson Burnett, 2014
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Craft Beer for the Homebrewer: Recipes from America's Top ...
Since it opened in 2006, the Surly Brewing Company has made quite a sud- soaked splash in the Twin Cities of Minnesota. Today, Surly continues to brew and distribute high-quality beer in cans and on tap all around Minnesota and the  ...
Michael Agnew, 2014
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The Problem of the Surly Servant: A Charles Dodgson/Arthur ...
After Rev. Dodgson (a.k.a. Lewis Carroll) finds himself the prime suspect in the murder of Ingram, a man with whom he had a recent and very public disagreement, he calls to his friend Arthur Conan Doyle to help him find the real killer.
Roberta Rogow, 2001
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Surly Tim, and Seth
After moving to Washington, D.C., Burnett wrote the novels Haworth's (1879), Louisiana (1880), A Fair Barbarian (1881), and Through One Administration (1883), as well as a play, Esmeralda (1881), written with William Gillette.
Frances Hodgson Burnett, 2007
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Between Theater and Philosophy: Skepticism in the Major City ...
the truth of alchemy, Mammon sees ciphers of it everywhere.) He refuses to see the language of alchemy as anything other than deliberate and deceitful obfuscation (2.3.182-98). Surly's asides during the exchanges between Mammon , Subtle ...
Mathew R. Martin, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SURLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term surly is used in the context of the following news items.
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Surly's Todd the Axe Man gets even more metal in new can packaging
Monday night is a time to celebrate even more beer with Surly releasing the popular Todd the Axe Man in cans. To mark the occasion, Surly will be at Pat's Tap ... «City Pages, Jul 15»
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On Tap: Surly Brewer's Table now open
We all know that food and beer pair well together, but Surly plans to change the way we think of that marriage. “We have Jorge (Guzman) on board to share that ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jun 15»
3
Beer Baron: Wisconsin gets Surly, at last
Surly Brewing Company beers photographed in the Wisconsin State Journal Studio in ... Surly Brewing begins sales in Wisconsin on Monday with eight beers. «Madison.com, May 15»
4
Surly Brewing beckons visitors in the Twin Cities
When weather permits, the beer hall opens up onto a garden and patio area at Surly Brewing Co. Minneapolis architects HGA created the contemporary building ... «Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 15»
5
Surly Brewing finally makes its way to Milwaukee beer scene
Dave Cartwright, Wisconsin craft manager for Beechwood Distributors, compares the buzz around Surly's entry in the Wisconsin market to the buzz you might ... «Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 15»
6
Surly Girl shutting down in the Short North
With no girl to run the Surly Girl Saloon, the 10-year Columbus watering hole is shutting down. The Short North restaurant and bar at 1126 N. High St. expects to ... «Columbus Business First, Apr 15»
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Surly Brewing signs deal to expand to Wisconsin
We've only just signed up with the distributor, so plans for the Surly Dairy State invasion are still in the works in terms of scope and timing," Shovein said in a ... «Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal, Mar 15»
8
Surly Brewery perks up Prospect Park
The arrival of Surly Brewing's much anticipated brewery on the Green Line has brought a surge of new jobs and foot traffic to Minneapolis' Prospect Park ... «Finance and Commerce, Dec 14»
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Surly unveils the taproom that made all the others possible
Surly owner Omar Ansari poses for a photo at the company's new $30 million destination brewery in the Minneapolis neighborhood of Prospect Park on ... «TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press, Dec 14»
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5 reasons to love Surly's new brewery
Home » · Food + Drink »; 5 reasons to love Surly's new brewery. 5 reasons to love Surly's new brewery. CHRIS RIEMENSCHNEIDER | Updated 12/19/2014 ... «vita.mn, Dec 14»

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