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GRAVELLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gravelly mean?
• GRAVELLY (adjective)
The adjective GRAVELLY has 2 senses:
1. abounding in small stones
2. unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
Familiarity information: GRAVELLY used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Abounding in small stones
Synonyms:
Context example:
landed at a shingly little beach
Similar:
rough; unsmooth (having or caused by an irregular surface)
Derivation:
gravel (rock fragments and pebbles)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
Synonyms:
grating; gravelly; rasping; raspy; rough; scratchy
Context example:
a gravelly voice
Similar:
cacophonic; cacophonous (having an unpleasant sound)
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