Sûr'ly, a.
a. [compar. SURLIER; superl. SURLIEST.] [From sour. Cf. Ger. säuerlich, a little sour, sourish.]
Sense 1. Gloomily morose; ill-natured, abrupt, and rude; severe; stern; sour; crabbed; snarling; rough; cross and rude; as, a surly groom; a surly dog. “That surly spirit, melancholy.” Shak.
Sense 2. Rough; dark; tempestuous. “Now softened into joy the surly storm.” Thomson.