hoarsely
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English hosely; equivalent to hoarse + -ly.
Adverb
[edit]hoarsely (comparative more hoarsely, superlative most hoarsely)
- With a dry, harsh voice.
- She spoke hoarsely because of her cough.
- 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
- `Say, hast thou seen enough!' `I have looked on beauty, and I am blinded,' I said hoarsely, lifting my hand to cover up my eyes.
- 1913, Arthur Christopher Benson, The Silent Isle[1]:
- I hope that my philosopher may yet walk on the hills with me, if only for the sake of the love I bear the green valleys; and when I see the great stream passing silently from translucent pool to pool, overhung by rowans and sun-warmed rocks, I shall be glad to think that I have walked on the heights where it was gathered and drawn, and that I have heard it talk hoarsely to itself, cold and uncomforted, among the bleak and dripping stones.
- 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 490:
- "Where do you keep your cash, bub?" asked Idris hoarsely. His American was better than Hassan's English.