Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- With a harsh, rasping sound or effect; in a coarse, harsh manner; gratingly; irritatingly; exasperatingly.
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- adverb In a
rasping way.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a harsh and grating manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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It was a dirty neglected place, with a sullen unwashed man at the door, who called raspingly to his wife within.
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If I could script one scene for Celebrity Rehab, it would feature a scarecrow-haired addict falling to her knees in the white hallway of the Pasadena Recovery Center and crying out — raspingly, chthonically, her voice not her own — Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Dr. Drew?
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If I could script one scene for Celebrity Rehab, it would feature a scarecrow-haired addict falling to her knees in the white hallway of the Pasadena Recovery Center and crying out — raspingly, chthonically, her voice not her own — Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Dr. Drew?
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The outstanding performances come from David Yelland as the King – general-like, raspingly crisp and terminally disappointed – and Desmond Barrit as Falstaff.
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Front man James Hetfield is sober these days and has a ridiculous beard, but is otherwise as angry and raspingly incomprehensible as ever.
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Front man James Hetfield is sober these days and has a ridiculous beard, but is otherwise as angry and raspingly incomprehensible as ever.
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As it was, she extricated herself from her mingled impulse to deny and question, and said, almost raspingly:
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On the white steps an obscene word, scrawled by some boy with a piece of brick, stood out clearly in the moonlight, and I erased it, drawing my shoe raspingly along the stone.
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Sergei growls raspingly; pressing his expanded chest against the pole.
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He cleared his throat raspingly, clawed at his whiskers and smiled his nervous timid smile.
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