GRUFFLY | Meaning In The Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of gruffly in English grufflyadverb uk /ˈɡrʌf.li/ us /ˈɡrʌf.li/ Add to word list Add to word list in a low, unfriendly voice: "You drive," Casey gruffly told Jack. "Hello," he said gruffly, "what do you want?" See gruff

• "Come in and close the door", he said gruffly.
• She gruffly advised him to leave the country.
• “What’s going on here?” the policeman gruffly asked.

Not being friendly

• abrasive
• abrasively
• abrasiveness
• abruptly
• abruptness
• aloof
• estrangement
• estrangement from someone
• flintily
• forbidding
• forbiddingly
• frigid
• gruff
• offish
• remote
• remoteness
• reserved
• reservedly
• saturnine
• wintry

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Describing qualities of the human voice (Definition of gruffly from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) What is the pronunciation of gruffly?

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in Chinese (Traditional) （說話）粗聲粗氣地，不友好地… See more in Chinese (Simplified) （说话）粗声粗气地，不友好地… See more in Spanish ásperamente, bruscamente, toscamente… See more in Portuguese ríspidamente, rispidamente… See more in French in Turkish in Dutch in Czech in Danish in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Ukrainian d’un ton bourru… See more ters ters… See more met schorre stem, op boze wijze… See more nevrle… See more studst, bryskt… See more dengan kasar… See more อย่างไม่เป็นมิตร… See more thô lỗ, cộc cằn… See more burkliwie… See more barskt… See more kasar… See more schroff… See more hest, avvisende… See more грубувато… See more Need a translator?

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