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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ras-pee, rah-spee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈræs pi, ˈrɑ spi |
Definition of raspy
Origin :- 1670s, of plants; by 1821 of voices, from rasp + -y (2).
- adj rough
- Behold her at 10.30, after an icy Splash and a keen rub with a raspy Towel.
- Extract from : « Ade's Fables » by George Ade
- For all time to come, he sez slow and raspy, I want you to leave my stuff alone.
- Extract from : « Friar Tuck » by Robert Alexander Wason
- "I reckon he will lose 'em, though," projected a raspy voice.
- Extract from : « The Red Debt » by Everett MacDonald
- Under the silent horror of foreboding our nerves became raw and our tempers, like those of the others, short and raspy.
- Extract from : « The Portal of Dreams » by Charles Neville Buck
- Sometimes they are made of silk, sometimes of a raspy, scratchy, slazy woolen material with a sandpaper surface.
- Extract from : « Following the Equator, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
- Her bilious attack had not quite passed away, and her tones were somewhat sharp and raspy.
- Extract from : « The Doctor's Dilemma » by Hesba Stretton
- Her breath was short and raspy and cross, like the breath of a person who runs for a train—and misses it.
- Extract from : « The Sick-a-Bed Lady » by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
- His hand stole to Frosty, who pushed a furry head against it and licked his partner's palm with a raspy tongue.
- Extract from : « Swamp Cat » by James Arthur Kjelgaard
- This scratching made a raspy, filing sound that after a while got on Congressman Durham's nerves.
- Extract from : « Back Home » by Irvin S. Cobb
- He whirled about with a quick gesture of his hands, a harsh, raspy laugh that was very near a sob, and left her.
- Extract from : « Big Timber » by Bertrand W. Sinclair
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