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GRUFFLY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a gruff manner

Example:

'No,' he replied gruffly

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

gruff (brusque and surly and forbidding)

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 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)