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surly (of an animal) ill-tempered or refractory How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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He had a surly old face, and did not seem at all pleased to see her--but then she was displeased with his garden and wore her "quite contrary" expression, and certainly did not seem at all pleased to see him. ``You should not ease me of mine so lightly,'' muttered Gurth, whose surly honesty could not be tamed even by the pressure of immediate violence, ---``had I it but in my power to give three strokes in its defence. Shimerda and Antonia always deferred to him, though he was often surly with them and contemptuous toward his father. |
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