SURLY Meaning of SURLY in English adj. (surlier, surliest) bad-tempered and unfriendly; churlish. surlily adv. surliness n.[ alt. spelling of obs. sirly haughty f. SIR + -LY(1) ] Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012