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gruffly

/ gruffly /

adverb

Definitions & Examples

adverb Sense 1

in a gruff manner

"`No,'' he replied gruffly"

Pertains to:

crusty curmudgeonly gruff ill-humored ill-humoured

Semantic Complexity

14%

Sense Count

1

Total Synonyms

0

Total Relationships

0

Times Searched

4

Relationship Distribution