adverb
- in a rude, unfriendly, or bad-tempered manner
Examples
- He answered surlily when asked about his plans.
- The clerk responded surlily to the customer’s complaint.
- She looked up surlily from her book when interrupted.
- The teenager muttered surlily under his breath.
- The waiter served them surlily, clearly annoyed by the late hour.
- He surlily refused to help with the project.