raspingly

1. 1.

   in a harsh and grating manner

   “her voice fell gratingly on our ears”

   Synonymsgratinglyharshly

Questions about raspingly

What does raspingly mean?

raspingly means "in a harsh and grating manner".

How many syllables are in raspingly?

raspingly has 3 syllables: ra-spin-gly. The stress falls on "ra".

What is another word for raspingly?

Close synonyms include gratingly, harshly. 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 raspingly a common word?

raspingly 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.