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View usage for: (grævəli) 1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]A gravelly voice is low and rather rough and harsh. There's a triumphant note in his gravelly voice. Synonyms: husky, rough, harsh, rasping More Synonyms of gravelly 2. adjectiveA gravelly area of land is covered in or full of small stones. Water runs through the gravelly soil very quickly. gravelly in British English (ˈɡrævəlɪ) adjective1. consisting of or abounding in gravel 3. (esp of a voice) harsh and grating gravelly in American English (ˈgrævəli) adjective1. full of, like, or consisting of gravel 2. sounding harsh or rasping a gravelly voice Examples of 'gravelly' in a sentencegravelly "His gravelly voice, honed by years of bellowing across vast, choppy distances at fellow yachtsmen, brooked no denials.The pilot was a fifty-year-old American with a gravelly voice called Ed Hazeltine.He puts Rebecca down on the roof terrace in the warm sunshine, dropping her onto the gravelly flooring.Her gravelly laughter was the obverse of infectious: a jeering sound to put you on the alert. Definition (of a voice or sound) harsh and grating There was a triumphant note in his gravelly voice. Additional synonymsDefinition (of a voice) low and throaty I was expecting to hear the chief executive's gruff voice. Synonyms hoarse, rough, harsh, rasping, husky, low, croaking, throaty, gutturalDefinition harsh-sounding He spoke in a low guttural voice. Synonyms throaty, low, deep, thick, rough, rasping, husky, hoarse, gruff, gravellyDefinition (of sounds) unpleasant and grating He gave a loud, harsh laugh. Synonyms raucous, rough, jarring, grating, strident, rasping, discordant, croaking, guttural, dissonant, unmelodious - gratuitous
- gratuity
- grave
- gravelly
- gravestone
- graveyard
- gravitas
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