gravelly
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gravelly
- /ˈɡɹævəli/ US, UK
Where it comes from
From Middle English gravelli (“covered with gravel or sand; (pathology) containing sand-like matter”), from gravel (“sand; grain of stand; gravel, pebbles; (pathology) sand-like matter in the urine, calculus”) + -lī (suffix forming adjectives). Gravel is derived from Old French gravel, gravele, gravelle (“gravel; (pathology) calculus”) (modern French gravelle (“(pathology) calculus”)), from grave (“coarse sand, gravel; seashore”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁w- (“to grind”); modern French grève (“riverbank; shore, strand”)) + -ele (diminutive suffix). The English word is analysable as gravel + -y (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘having the quality of’).
adjective more gravelly · most gravelly · gravely
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Full of, covered with, or similar to gravel or pebbles.
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Similar: gravelish, gravelous · Opposite: ungravelly
- Of a voice: unpleasantly harsh or rasping. […] currently incarcerated Stinc Team members Ketchy the Great, SaySoTheMac, and Bambino; the devilish and gravelly Almighty Suspect; red-clad Inglewooder and headband connoisseur FreeAckrite; baby-faced Martin Luther King Park loiterer Johnny Rose; […]
- Caused by or involving gravel (“kidney stones”).
- Full of or covered with sand; sandy. As the goeing vp a grauelie way in the feete of the aged, ſo a woman ful of tongue to a quiet man.
Translations
Talk about this word "gravelly." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/gravelly. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. gravelly. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/gravelly "gravelly." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/gravelly.Cite this
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