Usually means: Speaking in a harsh, low manner.
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  1. gruffly: Merriam-Webster
  2. gruffly: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. gruffly: Collins English Dictionary
  4. gruffly: Vocabulary.com
  5. Gruffly, gruffly: Wordnik
  6. gruffly: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. gruffly: Wiktionary
  8. Gruffly, gruffly: Dictionary.com
  9. gruffly: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. gruffly: Rhymezone
  11. gruffly: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. gruffly: FreeDictionary.org
  13. gruffly: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. gruffly: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. gruffly: Legal dictionary

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▸ adverb:  In a gruff manner.

Similar:
gruffily, grumly, scruffily, grungily, grubbily, scratchily, grumpily, grimly, grittily, ruggedly, more...

Opposite:
softly, gently, tenderly

Types:
yes, no, maybe, I don't know, I don't care, I don't have time, I don't want to, more...

Phrases:
say gruffly, said gruffly, speak gruffly, to say gruffly, more...

Colors:
    charcoal,     olive,     rust,     umber,     taupe, more...

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Similar:
gruffily, grumly, scruffily, grungily, grubbily, scratchily, grumpily, grimly, grittily, ruggedly, more...

Opposite:
softly, gently, tenderly

Types:
yes, no, maybe, I don't know, I don't care, I don't have time, I don't want to, more...

Phrases:
say gruffly, said gruffly, speak gruffly, to say gruffly, more...

Colors:
    charcoal,     olive,     rust,     umber,     taupe, more...



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