Gravelly meaning

grăvə-lē
Of, full of, or covered with rock fragments or pebbles.

A gravelly beach.

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Having a harsh rasping sound.

A gravelly voice.

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Full of, like, or consisting of gravel.
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Sounding harsh or rasping.

A gravelly voice.

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Full of, or covered with gravel or pebbles.
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(of a voice) Unpleasantly harsh or rasping.
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Origin of gravelly

  • gravel +‎ -y

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Gravelly Sentence Examples

  • His voice was gravelly from lack of use, and his arms and legs felt heavy as he tested them.

  • "You hurt?" he asked in a gravelly growl.

  • On leaving the hills it enters on a flat country, and extends over a gravelly bed.

  • "I can't let you do that," he said at last, his gravelly voice tight.

  • Strong heavy clay soils, sandy and gravelly soils, are almost entirely absent; and the mixture of soil arising from the various stratifications and from the detritus carried down to the plains has created many districts of remarkable richness.

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