| 释义 |
gruffly, adv.|ˈgrʌflɪ|
[f. gruff a. + -ly2.]
In a gruff manner, with a gruff voice.
1700Dryden Pal. & Arcite ii. 613 Gruffly looked the god. 1775Sheridan St. Patr. Day (L.), Can ye swear well? Gruffly, Gruffly. Handle a Frenchman? Roughly, Roughly. 1848C. Brontë J. Eyre xiii. (1873) 121 ‘Who talks of cadeaux?’ said he gruffly: ‘did you expect a present, Miss Eyre?’ 1849James Woodman vi, ‘Every one knows his own business best’, said Arden gruffly. |