hoarsely, adv.
(ˈhɔəslɪ)
[f. hoarse a. + -ly2.]
With a hoarse voice or sound.
| a 1529 Skelton P. Sparowe 419 The woodhacke, that syngeth chur Horsly, as he had the mur. 1580 Sidney Arcadia iii. (1590) 280 His words..slowly and hoarcely pronounced. 1610 G. Fletcher Christ's Tri. over Death lvii, The..waters hoarsely groan. c 1720 Tickell Imit. Proph. Nereus 44 While hoarsely he demands the fight. 1821 Shelley Prometh. Unb. i. i. 715, I heard the thunder hoarsely laugh. 1883 Mrs. Oliphant Ladies Lindores II. 300 ‘Sit down’, he said, hoarsely, ‘and I will tell you’. |