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Surly vs Purly - What's the difference?

surly | purly |

As adverbs the difference between surly and purly

is that surly is in an arrogant or supercilious manner while purly is obsolete spelling of purely.

As an adjective surly

is lordly, arrogant, supercilious.

As a noun purly is

obsolete spelling of purlieu.

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

    purly

    English

    Noun

    (head)

    • Adverb

    (head)