gruffy
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- gruffily adverb
- gruffiness noun
Etymology
Origin of gruffy
Example Sentences
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What quondam collector at Rome but must recollect that snuffy and gruffy old fellow, Ignazio Vesconali, who lives at the bottom of Scalirata, and has grown old with the Piazza itself!
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 by Various
"Don't forget I'm cookin' for yu'," said Scipio, gruffy.
From The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains by Wister, Owen
"Hire a hall," shouted the gruffy top sergeant.
From "And they thought we wouldn't fight" by Gibbons, Floyd
"You may kick till you're tired," said the gruffy little dwarf; "no one gets to Mr. Reading without paying toll to Mr. Alphabet, his highly respectable porter."
From The Crown of Success by A. L. O. E.
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