croaky
/ˈkrəʊki
/adjective (croakier, croakiest)
(Of a person’s voice) deep and hoarse.My voice was croaky, slightly hoarse, but he heard it....
- Speaking in a croaky voice one student admitted, ‘we've all be drinking too much, staying up too late and eating rubbish.’
- Finally, there was the day in 2002 when he heard a croaky voice behind him: ‘Keep a straight line, sonny!’
Derivatives
croakily
- ‘Amber,’ he whispered croakily,’ What do you want for your birthday?’
- Long called out croakily, his voice hoarse and rough.
- ‘I told you my game never failed,’ she said croakily.
Rhymes
- inaccessibly
- in accord with
- inaccuracy
- inaccurate
- inaccurately
- in a class of its (or one's) own
- in action
- inaction
- inactivate
- inactivation
- inactivator
- inactive
- inactively
- inactivity
- in actual fact
- in addition
- in a delicate condition
- inadequacy
- inadequate
- inadequately
- inadmissibility
- inadmissible
- inadmissibly
- in advance
- in advance of