gruffly

«gruffly» in Mova's school dictionary: In a rough, deep, unfriendly voice — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adverb

meaning for a pupil

In a rough, deep, unfriendly voice. tree →

sense in the lessons

a grumpy character, often a cat, an old man or a troll, speaks gruffly to someone who has disturbed them

examples

• «Go away,» he said gruffly. tree →
• The cat replied gruffly from her chair. tree →
• The troll answered gruffly from under the bridge. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «gruffly» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.