raspingly

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adverb

In a rasping way.

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raspilygratinglyharshly
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Meanings

adverbraspingly (comparative more raspingly, superlative most raspingly)

comparative more raspingly · superlative most raspingly

  1. In a rasping way.

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

    2008 June 15, Robert Macfarlane, “The Late Dictator”, in New York Times

    Synonyms: raspily

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbIn a rasping way.

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raspily

More synonyms by meaning

adverbin a harsh and grating manner

Similar
gratinglyharshly
Also see
gratinglyharshlyraspily

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From rasping + -ly.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

sparingly
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APA

raspingly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/raspingly

MLA

“raspingly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/raspingly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “raspingly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/raspingly.

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