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gurly en · ADJ · etymology 1

Etymology

From gurl (“to growl or snarl”) + -y.

Meanings

  1. (Scotland) Fierce and stormy.
    • a gurly wind
  2. (Scotland) Unfriendly, irritable, surly.
    • "Damn the gurly brute!" Postie complained once; "when I passed a pleasand remark about the weather the other morning, he just looked at me and blew the reek of his pipe in my face. And that was his only answer!" 1901, George Douglas Brown, The House with the Green Shutters, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., page 325:

Forms

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most gurly Degree=Sup lexicographic
more gurly Degree=Cmp lexicographic

gurly en · ADJ · etymology 2

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of girly.
    alt of girly
    • The satanic manipulations of SAW and Carol their evil make-up woman (who'll make you wear horrible itchy and distinctly gurly gunk every time you go on TOTP!) 1990 January 13, David Quantick, Steven Wells, “Is It Rock Art Or Is It Nart?”, in New Musical Express:

Forms

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gurliest Degree=Sup lexicographic
gurlier Degree=Cmp lexicographic