| 释义 |
[ grav-uh-lee ] / ˈgræv ə li / SEE SYNONYMS FOR gravelly ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveof, like, or abounding in gravel. harsh and grating: a gravelly voice. Origin of gravellyFirst recorded in 1350–1400, gravelly is from the Middle English word gravelli.See gravel, -y1 OTHER WORDS FROM gravellyun·grav·el·ly, adjectiveWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH gravellygravely, gravelly Words nearby gravellygraveclothes, gravedigger, gravel, gravel-blind, graveldiver, gravelly, gravel-voiced, Gravely, graven, Gravenhage, graven image Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for gravellyHe drained the wine from the tumbler and turned away from the window, and there was no self-pity in his gravelly voice. Football Great Bob Suffridge Wanders Through the End Zone of Life|Paul Hemphill|September 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST This classic Diesel cover of “The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)” is as gravelly as it is adorable. Vin Diesel’s 6 Greatest YouTube Masterpieces|Amy Zimmerman|January 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST And Hill fully embodies Donnie, a morally bankrupt clown with shiny, capped teeth, suspenders, and a gravelly voice. Jonah Hill on ‘The Wolf of Wall Street,’ Prosthetic Penises, and Finance Douchebags|Marlow Stern|December 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST Plus Neeson, with his towering height, brawny physique, and gravelly voice, sure as hell looks the part. The Wrath of Liam Neeson: The ‘Taken 2’ Star’s Action-Hero Transformation|Marlow Stern|October 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST
“I was 11 years old,” he says, in his gravelly voice that carries an incongruous hint of Brooklyn (Gosling is Canadian). Ryan Gosling: On Blue Valentine and Michelle Williams|Nicole LaPorte|December 26, 2010|DAILY BEAST Plow deep and subsoil all wheat-lands, except those on a gravelly or sandy bottom. Soil Culture|J. H. Walden This, I think, is owing to the stream moving over a bottom which is both flat and gravelly. Theodore Watts-Dunton|James Douglas The valleys are less fertile, containing a gravelly soil and fewer trees; so that the country has throughout a more barren aspect. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 1|John Franklin My practice is, to seed all dry, sandy and gravelly lands with this mixture. Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee|L. L. Langstroth Up a gravelly hogback to a level a hundred feet from the tracks,—and they were in the midst of it.
British Dictionary definitions for gravelly
adjectiveconsisting of or abounding in gravel of or like gravel (esp of a voice) harsh and grating Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to gravellychalky, crumbly, grainy, dusty, hoarse, scratchy, throaty, gruff, rough, harsh, raucous, discordant, rasping, low, grating, husky, thick, growling, crumbling, dry |