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# gruffly

adverb

«gruffly» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

In a rough, deep, unfriendly voice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gruffly/#m1)

### In the lessons

a grumpy character, often a cat, an old man or a troll, speaks gruffly to someone who has disturbed them

### Examples

- «Go away,» he said gruffly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gruffly/#x1)
- The cat replied gruffly from her chair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gruffly/#x2)
- The troll answered gruffly from under the bridge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gruffly/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «gruffly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gruffly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«gruffly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/gruffly.html) on Mova free.