Definitions

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  • adjective Like gruel; of the consistence of gruel.

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  • adjective Like gruel.

Etymologies

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gruel +‎ -y

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Examples

  • Then, passing forward, he shouted to know where his mother was, and, having found her, entreated she would order some comfortable, gruelly stuff or other, to be made for the sick old woman, particularly insisting that it should have ale or wine, as well as spice and sugar in it.

    Aunt Judy's Tales Alfred Gatty 1841

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