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surlily
adverb
uk /ˈsɜː.lə.li/ us /ˈsɝː.lə.li/
in a way that is unfriendly and not polite:
"Did you take the whole day off?" asked Mason. "Yes," he replied surlily.
On her second request to remove his plate from the table, Henshaw surlily obeyed.
"What on earth are you afraid of?" he said surlily.
And there, lounging surlily against a wall, stood the infamous punk rocker.
Finally, under pressure, Alan surlily returned to his duties.
When Mrs McKay arrived, the rest of the boys retreated surlily into the shadows.
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