huskily

1. 1.

   in a hoarse or husky voice

   “`Excuse me,' he said hoarsely”

   Synonymshoarsely

Questions about huskily

What does huskily mean?

huskily means "in a hoarse or husky voice".

How many syllables are in huskily?

huskily has 3 syllables: hu-ski-ly. The stress falls on "hu".

What is another word for huskily?

Close synonyms include hoarsely. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is huskily a common word?

huskily is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.