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GRUFFLY
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a gruff manner
Example:
'No,' he replied gruffly
Classified under:
Pertainym:
gruff (brusque and surly and forbidding)
Context examples:
"Oh, yes," said Tom, gruffly polite but obviously not remembering. "So we did. I remember very well."
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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