gravelly

gravelly

covered with gravel; with a harsh, rasping sound: His gravelly voice was a result of years of heavy smoking.

Not to be confused with:

gravely – extremely seriously: gravely ill; dangerously, harmfully

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grav·el·ly

 (grăv′ə-lē)

adj.

1. Of, full of, or covered with rock fragments or pebbles: a gravelly beach.

2. Having a harsh rasping sound: a gravelly voice.

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gravelly

(ˈɡrævəlɪ)

adj

1. consisting of or abounding in gravel

2. of or like gravel

3. (esp of a voice) harsh and grating

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grav•el•ly

(ˈgræv ə li)

adj.

1. of, like, or abounding in gravel.

2. harsh; raspy: a gravelly voice.

[1350–1400]

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Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	gravelly - abounding in small stones; "landed at a shingly little beach" pebbly, shingly rough, unsmooth - having or caused by an irregular surface; "trees with rough bark"; "rough ground"; "rough skin"; "rough blankets"; "his unsmooth face"
	2.	gravelly - unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice" grating, rasping, raspy, scratchy, rough cacophonic, cacophonous - having an unpleasant sound; "as cacophonous as a henyard"- John McCarten

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gravelly

adjective husky, rough, harsh, rasping, croaking, hoarse, gruff, throaty, guttural, croaky There was a triumphant note in his gravelly voice.

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Translations

gravelly

[ˈgrævəlɪ] ADJ

1. (lit) → con grava, con gravilla

2. [voice] → áspero

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gravelly

[ˈgrævəli] adj

[voice] → rauque

[area, soil] → caillouteux/eusegravel pit n → gravière f

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gravelly

adj

(liter: = stony) shore, drive → kiesbedeckt; soil → steinig

(fig) voice → tief und rau; (= hoarse) → heiser

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gravelly

[ˈgrævəlɪ] adj (soil, shore) → ghiaioso/a; (voice) → rauco/a, roco/a

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