gruffly

Etymology

gruff + -ly

adv

  1. In a gruff manner.
    'Hey, what's that?' he exclaimed gruffly, staring searchingly at her as he took her hand. 1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 48

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