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What is the adjective for gruffly?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb gruff which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

gruff
  1. having a rough, surly, and harsh demeanor and nature.
  2. hoarse-voiced.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. surly, grumpy, brusque, curt, rude, blunt, discourteous, impolite, churlish, grouchy, uncivil, snappy, abrupt, short, cross, crabby, crusty, sullen, ungracious, sour, rough, crabbed, snippy, boorish, tetchy, unceremonious, unmannerly, crotchety, crude, bearish, impatient, angry, bluff, nasty, morose, offhand, truculent, saturnine, boisterous, off, offish, ill-tempered, bad-tempered, ill-natured, ill-humored, ill-humoured, short-tempered, no-nonsense, sharp, harsh … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “He sounded gruff and short, though anyone looking at him could tell that he was worried about her.”
      “The owner of the newspaper was a man, just past middle age, with greying hair and a gruff expression on his face.”
      “He speaks with a gruff voice, is balding, and was last seen wearing a grey anorak and trousers.”
gruffish
  1. Somewhat gruff.
  2. Examples:
      3. “It seemed to suggest a state of mind when the voice is gruffish, the manner roughish, and the temper huffish.”
gruffer
  1. comparative form of gruff: more gruff
  2. Synonyms:
      3. surlier, grumpier, brusquer, curter, ruder, blunter, impoliter, grouchier, snappier, shorter, crosser, crabbier, crustier, sullener, sourer, rougher, snippier, tetchier, crotchetier, cruder, angrier, bluffer, nastier, moroser, worse-tempered, more discourteous, more churlish, more uncivil, more abrupt, more ungracious, more crabbed, more boorish, more unceremonious, more unmannerly, more bearish, more impatient, more offhand, more truculent, more saturnine, more boisterous, more off, more offish, more ill-tempered, more ill-natured, more ill-humored, more short-tempered, more no-nonsense, sharper, harsher, more snappish … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Mr. Mellencamp, sounding even gruffer than Mr. Kristofferson, arrives for the finale.”
      “Mr. Pérez has changed his delivery, switching from a nasal Beastie Boys sneer to a gruffer, more earnest tone.”
      “Experiment with changing one thing at a time – higher or lower, quicker or slower, softer or gruffer.”
gruffest
  1. superlative form of gruff: most gruff
  2. Synonyms:
      3. surliest, grumpiest, brusquest, curtest, rudest, bluntest, impolitest, grouchiest, snappiest, shortest, crossest, crabbiest, crustiest, sullenest, sourest, roughest, snippiest, tetchiest, crotchetiest, crudest, angriest, bluffest, nastiest, morosest, worst-tempered, most discourteous, most churlish, most uncivil, most abrupt, most ungracious, most crabbed, most boorish, most unceremonious, most unmannerly, most bearish, most impatient, most offhand, most truculent, most saturnine, most boisterous, most off, most offish, most ill-tempered, most ill-natured, most ill-humored, most short-tempered, most no-nonsense, sharpest, harshest, most snappish … more
gruffed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of gruff
gruffing
  1. present participle of gruff
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