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gruffly Definition


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gruff
adj gruffer, gruffest
    1. Said of a voice: deep and rough.
      Thesaurus: hoarse, husky, throaty, grating, gravelly, rough, guttural, rasping, strident; Antonym: clear, sweet.
    2. Rough, unfriendly or surly in manner.
      Thesaurus: brusque, blunt, curt, abrupt, rude, crude, impolite, unmannerly, uncivil, discourteous; Antonym: courteous.
Derivative: gruffly
adverb
    Derivative: gruffness
    noun
      Etymology: 16c Scots as groiff, meaning ‘coarse': from Dutch grof coarse.



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