churlishly

Definition of Churlishly in English :

1. churlishly, surlily

in a churlish manner

Example Sentences:
'the store owner treated his customers churlishly'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Churlishly

adjective

1.

rude or surly

2.

of or relating to peasants

3.

miserly

adjective

1.

of a churl or churls; rustic

2.

like a churl; surly; boorish

3.

stingy or mean

4. Rare

hard to work or manage

adj.

1. Having a bad disposition; surly: "as valiant as the lion, churlish as the bear" (Shakespeare).

2. Archaic Of, like, or befitting a churl; boorish or vulgar.

3. Archaic Difficult to work with; intractable. Used as of soil.