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hoarse

(hôrs)

adj. hoars·er, hoars·est

1. Rough or grating in sound: a hoarse cry.

2. Having or characterized by a husky, grating voice: yelled ourselves hoarse.

[Middle English hos, hors, from Old English hās, *hārs.]

hoarse′ly adv.

hoarse′ness n.

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Adv.

hoarsely - in a hoarse or husky voice; "`Excuse me,' he said hoarsely"

huskily

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hoarsely

[ˈhɔːslɪ] ADV → en voz ronca

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

hoarsely

[ˈhɔː^rsli] adv [say] → d'une voix rauque

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

hoarsely

adv → heiser, mit heiserer Stimme

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

hoarsely

[ˈhɔːslɪ] adv → con voce roca, raucamente

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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"You don't think," he cried hoarsely. "You can't believe - "

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I have only been brought to the place where I know my faith will not be real- ized," he declared hoarsely. He looked hard at the child and began to address her, paying no more at- tention to the father.

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"You needn't play at being headquarters, Ambrose," he said hoarsely. "I know it seems like a miracle but there's a reason for that."

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"Money, master!" he called out hoarsely. "A crown piece in advance, for the sake of old times!"

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"Tha'--tha' hasn't got a crooked back?" he said hoarsely.

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So surely as the smoke cleared away, so surely there was he; calling hoarsely to his companions, brandishing his axe above his head, and dashing on as though he bore a charmed life, and was proof against ball and powder.

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"Open the gate!" shouted the Sheriff hoarsely, to the sentinel upon the walls.

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"It ud be a poor tale if I hadna feathers and linen," she said, hoarsely, "when I never sell a fowl but what's plucked, and the wheel's a-going every day o' the week."

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"She made me promise I wouldn't tell a soul," said John hoarsely. "She swore me to it on the Bible; Janet, I'd never have done it if I'd dreamed it was to be for so long.

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"The man," he whispered hoarsely, "sinned for the love of the woman.

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The mastiff shook his head, growled hoarsely, and plunged at White Fang.

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"He has taken others as well beloved," said Marilla hoarsely.

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