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gravelly

3 syllables
adjective
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As an adjective, gravelly means full of, covered with, or similar to gravel or pebbles.

Meanings of gravelly

5 meanings

adjective

  1. Full of, covered with, or similar to gravel or pebbles.

  2. Of a voice: unpleasantly harsh or rasping.

  3. pathologyCaused by or involving gravel ("kidney stones").

  4. Abounding in small stones

    “landed at a shingly little beach”

    Similar: pebbly, shingly
Older and rare meanings (1)

  1. obsoleteFull of or covered with sand; sandy.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

All synonyms for gravelly →
adjective: abounding in small stones
pebblyshingly
adjective: unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
gratingraspingraspyroughscratchy

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