`No,' he replied gruffly. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective, : a gruff voice. ,a gruff manner. From Dictionary.com.
He said her name gruffly, and then he met her eyes and could say nothing else. From Wordnik.com. [Starchild Omnibus]
She came in, pushed the door to, stood close to my bed-side and said again gruffly, "What is it?". From Wordnik.com. [Prisons and Prisoners: Some Personal Experiences] Reference
He touched his cap at the Deity's name, and called gruffly at his son. From Wordnik.com. [Privy Seal His Last Venture] Reference
He called gruffly into the silence of the house, and his speech held the surliness of his attitude. From Wordnik.com. [Pardners] Reference
'You don't like my looks, master,' said he, gruffly. From Wordnik.com. [City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston] Reference
"Come at last, hev ye?" shouted the skipper, gruffly. From Wordnik.com. [Culm Rock The Story of a Year: What it Brought and What it Taught] Reference
“Get up,” he says gruffly, flinging the door open. From Wordnik.com. [Waking Up] Reference
"You've nothing to do with that," said Travis gruffly. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
"What's eatin 'on you, Maw?" demanded her son gruffly. From Wordnik.com. [How Janice Day Won] Reference
"Balmy in his head, eh?" grumbled the policeman gruffly. From Wordnik.com. [The Tale of Lal A Fantasy] Reference
"Who thought of making excuses?" he said rather gruffly. From Wordnik.com. [The Gentle Art of Cooking Wives] Reference
"What's the rest of the arithmetic?" he demanded gruffly. From Wordnik.com. [Madge Morton's Victory] Reference
Rebecca asked gruffly, trying to dash away her few tears. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding At College or The Missing Examination Papers] Reference
"Where do ye-all reckon yer goin '?" he demanded gruffly. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders Among the Kentucky Mountaineers] Reference
"I'd turn it toward the wall," counseled Elfreda gruffly. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Golden Summer] Reference
Joe Sr. gruffly replied, "I don't know where he got that.". From Wordnik.com. [The 'Runt' Of The Family] Reference
Instead, he opened the door and invited her gruffly to enter. From Wordnik.com. [The Wind Before the Dawn] Reference
"I understood most of your memo," Gusterson told him gruffly. From Wordnik.com. [The Creature from Cleveland Depths] Reference
"But not enough to make him my heir," said the Count, gruffly. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV.] Reference
Rappelkopf gruffly orders the whole family to pack off instantly. From Wordnik.com. [The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas] Reference
"What's that?" he demanded, so gruffly that Janice was quite astonished. From Wordnik.com. [Janice Day at Poketown] Reference
"No, not specially," the old doctor answered gruffly, as he turned toward. From Wordnik.com. [The Wind Before the Dawn] Reference
"Here are two shovels, an old one and a new one," said the giant gruffly. From Wordnik.com. [Stories to Read or Tell from Fairy Tales and Folklore] Reference
The woman gruffly suggested she try the Nylens, who lived two houses over. From Wordnik.com. [MOM ALWAYS MADE ROOM FOR ONE MORE] Reference
'You ain't up to it,' said Peter gruffly, 'thanks all the same, old chap.'. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference
"When we get some passengers, it will be," responded the Skipper, gruffly. From Wordnik.com. [Dick, Marjorie and Fidge A Search for the Wonderful Dodo] Reference
"Oh, do you?" replied Seth gruffly -- albeit he was as good-humoured as usual. From Wordnik.com. [Picked up at Sea The Gold Miners of Minturne Creek] Reference
"Here, put this on," he said gruffly, holding out the coat he had brought with him. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
"I'll soon show you the right," exclaimed the man gruffly, at the same time raising his hand. From Wordnik.com. [The Island House A Tale for the Young Folks] Reference
Quoth the farmer gruffly to Frank, "I am going to retire, I think you had better do the same.". From Wordnik.com. [The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story] Reference
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