Drawly vs Rawly - What's the difference?
drawly | rawly |
(of a voice) Having a drawling sound.
* {{quote-book, year=1884, author=Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), title=The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete, chapter=, edition=
, passage=They generly had on yellow straw hats most as wide as an umbrella, but didn't wear no coats nor waistcoats, they called one another Bill, and Buck, and Hank, and Joe, and Andy, and talked lazy and drawly , and used considerable many cuss words. }}
* {{quote-book, year=1916, author=Bertrand W. Sinclair, title=Big Timber, chapter=, edition=
, passage=She heard his deep, drawly voice urging the unwisdom of sleeping with calked boots on, and Beaton's hiccupy response. }} In a raw manner.
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=June 9, author=Roslyn Sulcas, title=Spanish Guitars, Fast Footwork, Everything but the Cafe, work=New York Times
, passage=Noche Flamenca, which returned to Theater 80 in the East Village last week for its summer season, does a pretty good job of all this even if its new program, “Aldaba,” is heavily weighted toward the rawly emotional side of flamenco, with mixed results. }}
As an adjective drawly
is (of a voice) having a drawling sound.As an adverb rawly is
in a raw manner.drawly
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