Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a husky manner; dryly; hoarsely.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In a husky manner; dryly.

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  • adverb In a husky manner.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb in a hoarse or husky voice

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Examples

  • "Boy, get out of the room while ye have the chance, " she called huskily, staring wide-eyed at the snake while continuing to back toward her own bedroom.

    For Love Of Mother Not Foster, Alan Dean 1983

  • "Boy, get out of the room while ye have the chance, " she called huskily, staring wide-eyed at the snake while continuing to back toward her own bedroom.

    For Love of Mother-Not Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1983

  • "Boy, get out of the room while ye have the chance, " she called huskily, staring wide-eyed at the snake while continuing to back toward her own bedroom.

    For Love of Mother-Not Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1983

  • Clutching the key firmly in his hand as though it were a weapon of defense, he called huskily:

    Warner and Wife 1915

  • "Lee!" he called huskily with what was left of his voice.

    A Man Four-Square William MacLeod Raine 1912

  • "Miss --" he called huskily; and stopped, reminded that not yet did he even know her name.

    The Brass Bowl Louis Joseph Vance 1906

  • He'd said the last word huskily, on purpose, to get her to look up.

    The Pull of the Moon Graham, Darlene 1999

  • Suddenly he raised himself upon the charpoy and called huskily for the khansamah.

    The Bronze Bell Louis Joseph Vance 1906

  • In almost every book, someone says something to someone else "huskily".

    misspinkkate Diary Entry misspinkkate 2008

  • Rose! "he started calling huskily, his hands feeling with frantic awkwardness for her pulse and her heart, as Oliver Crowe ran into the room through the curtains.

    Young People's Pride Stephen Vincent Ben��t 1920

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