surlily

1. 1.

   in a churlish manner

   “the store owner treated his customers churlishly”

   Synonymschurlishly

Questions about surlily

What does surlily mean?

surlily means "in a churlish manner".

How many syllables are in surlily?

surlily has 3 syllables and divides as sur-li-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for surlily?

Close synonyms include churlishly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is surlily a common word?

surlily is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.