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How to pronounce gravelly in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms pebbly, shingly
Derivation gravel
Type Words
Synonyms grating, rasping, raspy, rough, scratchy


a gravelly voice.

Examples of gravelly

gravelly
Penstemons flourish in loosened, gravelly or clay soils with excellent drainage.
From the denverpost.com
Expect bluesy melodies, gravelly vocals and plenty of laid-back acoustic guitar.
From the independent.co.uk
This cosy nook is situated down a gravelly lane on the edge of the village green.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The bass-baritone John Marcus Bindel had gravelly voiced authority as Saint-Bris.
From the nytimes.com
And I love the contrast of a cushion plant popping out of a gravelly environment.
From the ocregister.com
Whitley, 48, listens intently, asking occasional questions in a gravelly twang.
From the time.com
The finale, in particular, needs a greater sense of gravelly-voiced exhaustion.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
Plant in full sun and this will grow in the poorest of soils, even gravelly soils.
From the citynews.com.au
His voice is gravelly with age and thick with the accent of his native Poland.
From the ocregister.com
More examples
  • Abounding in small stones; "landed at a shingly little beach"
  • Grating: unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice"
  • A mineral quality that is often associated with the wines from Graves and Medoc in the Bordeaux region. This is an earthy quality in the ViniCode .
  • This soil is typical of the Left Bank region of Bordeaux and has a large percentage of pebbles.