gruffy
adjEtymology From gruff + -y.
1
Manner Usually, In appearance Rough or surly.
- “Hey, bub,” a gruffy looking man stood over him. “You're lookin' for that kid ain't ya?”2010, Johnathon M. Creech, Legends Of Myrthia:Shards of the Kaynara, page 145:
2
Of a voice Low and throaty; hoarse.
- A gruffy, almost sleep sounding voice answered the phone.2018, J.E.K. Roberts-Thomas, A Married Life, page 37:
- Derived terms
- gruffily, gruffiness