raspingly en · ADV
Etymology
From rasping + -ly.
Meanings
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In a rasping way.
Ali is irreverent, lazy and raspingly sardonic, and his obvious fictional predecessor is Joseph Heller ’s Yossarian.
2008 June 15, Robert Macfarlane, “The Late Dictator”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more raspingly | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most raspingly | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |