Raspingly

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a rasping way.

    "Ali is irreverent, lazy and raspingly sardonic, and his obvious fictional predecessor is Joseph Heller ’s Yossarian."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a harsh and grating manner wordnet

Synonyms

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gratinglygratinglyharshlyraspilyraspily

Example

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"Ali is irreverent, lazy and raspingly sardonic, and his obvious fictional predecessor is Joseph Heller ’s Yossarian."

Etymology

From rasping + -ly.

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