Download the app
educalingo
Search

Meaning of "gruffily" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

PRONUNCIATION OF GRUFFILY

gruffily  [ˈɡrʌfɪlɪ] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GRUFFILY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Gruffily is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES GRUFFILY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of gruffily in the English dictionary

The definition of gruffily in the dictionary is in a gruffy manner.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GRUFFILY


anemophily
ˌænɪˈmɒfɪlɪ
anisophylly
ˌænaɪˈsɒfɪlɪ
aphylly
əˈfɪlɪ
beefily
ˈbiːfɪlɪ
bibliophily
ˌbɪblɪˈɒfɪlɪ
Caerphilly
kɛəˈfɪlɪ
filly
ˈfɪlɪ
fluffily
ˈflʌfɪlɪ
goofily
ɡuːfɪlɪ
huffily
ˈhʌfɪlɪ
hydrophily
haɪˈdrɒfɪlɪ
monophyly
məˈnɒfɪlɪ
photophily
fəʊˈtɒfɪlɪ
puffily
ˈpʌfɪlɪ
scripophily
skrɪˈpɒfɪlɪ
scruffily
ˈskrʌfɪlɪ
sniffily
ˈsnɪfɪlɪ
snuffily
ˈsnʌfɪlɪ
stuffily
ˈstʌfɪlɪ
timbrophily
tɪmˈbrɒfɪlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GRUFFILY

grudgingly
grue
gruel
gruelingly
grueller
gruelling
gruesome
gruesomely
gruesomeness
gruff
gruffly
gruffness
gruffy
grufted
grugru
gruiform
Gruis
grum
grumble
grumbler

WORDS THAT END LIKE GRUFFILY

bodily
daily
easily
family
happily
heavily
Holy Family
lily
luckily
miffily
momentarily
necessarily
oily
primarily
readily
Sicily
spiffily
steadily
temporarily
voluntarily

Synonyms and antonyms of gruffily in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «gruffily» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF GRUFFILY

Find out the translation of gruffily to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of gruffily from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «gruffily» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

gruffily
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

gruffily
570 millions of speakers

English

gruffily
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

gruffily
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

gruffily
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

gruffily
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

gruffily
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

gruffily
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

gruffily
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Girang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

gruffily
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

gruffily
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

gruffily
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gruffily
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gruffily
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

gruffily
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भयानक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gruffily
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

gruffily
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gruffily
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

gruffily
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

gruffily
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

gruffily
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gruffily
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gruffily
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gruffily
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of gruffily

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GRUFFILY»

The term «gruffily» is used very little and occupies the 166.282 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Rarely used
22
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «gruffily» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of gruffily
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «gruffily».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GRUFFILY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «gruffily» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «gruffily» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about gruffily

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GRUFFILY»

Discover the use of gruffily in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gruffily and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Word Finder: The Phonic Key to the Dictionary
GRDLKK. /. GRMP. G. griddling grief GRGT garlicky GRDLKK gruff aggregate GRLND griddlecake gruffy(slang) aggregated garland GRDLR gruffier aggregating GRLNG girdler gruffiest aggregation grueling GRDN gruffily aggregator GRLR ...
Penelope Kister McRann, 1987
2
Ignoring Poverty in the U.S.: The Corporate Takeover of ...
... character is first learning his job is important at this moment in the history of U.S. public education and the rising tide against unions: "Now get this straight,” Kimbro said gruffily. “This is a busy department and I don't have time to repeat things.
P. L. Thomas, 2012
3
The Outlaws of Mars
"It is time to eat, slave," he said gruffily. Following the guard came a line of slaves bearing large trays of food and drink. The food consisted of a stew in which were combined fish, flesh and vegetables cut into small pieces and seasoned with a ...
‎2011
4
WORD JUDGE USA
... GRUES GRUESOME GRUESOMELY GRUESOMENESS GRUESOMENESSES GRUESOMER GRUESOMEST GRUFF GRUFFED GRUFFER GRUFFEST GRUFFIER GRUFFIEST GRUFFILY GRUFFING GRUFFISH GRUFFLY GRUFFNESS ...
Maliha Mendoza Mahmood, 2013
5
The dramatic works of Richard Brinsley Sheridan. With a ...
Serj. Handle a Frenchman t 1st C. Roughly, roughly. Ser. Frown at a cannon ? Both. Gruffily, gruffly. Serj. The answers are honest, bold, and fair, So drink to the king, for his soldiers you are. Chorus. The answers are honest, &c. , Huzza! Huzza!
Richard Brinsley B. Sheridan, 1825
6
John Frank Stevens: Civil Engineer
... consul in New Orleans, to propose such an accommodation: But I got no encouragement; quite the contrary. I was rather gruffily told that I could build no railroad up the Deshutes; that the only wayI could get up that valley would be to walk.
Clifford Foust, 2013
7
PASCO (Omnibus, 1-3):
... irritated look onhisface, this wasn't just acasualvisit. 'Nice to seeyou again, Sir James,' Joebegan but thesmaller man silenced himwith a darkeyed glare. 'Where is he?' he said gruffily. 'Who?' Joe asked, frowning a little. 'The tooth fairy, who.
RK Moore
8
Star Gem
Norcult asked gruffily. “Should we send him back to Tonkin with the two escorts of Corbin's body?” Sont looked up at the sergeant with a wrinkled brow, “I'm fine you old fool. Stop being a nursemaid and go do something useful.” Sont glared at ...
Will McDonnell
9
The narrative of Edward Crewe; or, Life in New Zealand, by ...
With Eawiri it would have been impossible to quarrel, even if one had the most fractious of tempers, and, as to Janson, he was gruffily happy, growling less than e'er a mariner I had met before, although growling is to seamen a solace and ...
William Mortimer Baines, 1874
10
Man-killers I have known
She bade me kwaheri gruffily and turned again to her task. There was nothing I could think of to say so I turned and went. I know she wanted to be buried so "she could see the grave and my camp" but they took her across the valley, as the ...
Arthur James Siggins, 1933

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Gruffily [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/gruffily>. Apr 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z