Gravelly Synonyms

grăvə-lē
Abounding in small stones
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. pebbly
  2. shingly
Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. grating
  2. rasping
  3. raspy
  4. rough
  5. scratchy

Words Related to Gravelly

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Gravelly Sentence Examples

  • His voice was gravelly from lack of use, and his arms and legs felt heavy as he tested them.

  • On leaving the hills it enters on a flat country, and extends over a gravelly bed.

  • Strong heavy clay soils, sandy and gravelly soils, are almost entirely absent; and the mixture of soil arising from the various stratifications and from the detritus carried down to the plains has created many districts of remarkable richness.

  • The warbled voice was gravelly.

  • The soil is a gravelly clay but moderately fertile, and cattle-raising is largely carried on.

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