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Surgy vs Surly - What's the difference?

surgy | surly |

As adjectives the difference between surgy and surly

is that surgy is rising in surges or billows; full of surges; resembling surges in motion or appearance; swelling while surly is (obsolete) lordly, arrogant, supercilious.

As an adverb surly is

(obsolete) in an arrogant or supercilious manner.

surgy

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Rising in surges or billows; full of surges; resembling surges in motion or appearance; swelling.
    • Over the surgy main. — Pope.
    (Webster 1913)

    surly

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (obsolete) Lordly, arrogant, supercilious.
  • Irritated, bad-tempered, unfriendly.
  • Threatening, menacing, gloomy.
    • The surly weather put us all in a bad mood.

    Adverb

    (er)
  • (obsolete) In an arrogant or supercilious manner.
  • * 1623 , , Julius Caesar , I.iii,
    • Against the Capitol I met a lion / Who glazed upon me, and went surly