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# gravelly

«gravelly» in Mova's school dictionary: **Covered with or full of gravel (small stones)** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (gravelly)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Covered with or full of gravel (small stones). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gravelly/#m1)

2) Describing a voice: low and rough. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gravelly/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories: «a gravelly path» crunches underfoot; «a gravelly voice» belongs to an old sailor or a giant. In geography: gravelly soil drains water fast.

### examples

- We walked along the gravelly path. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gravelly/#x1)
- The giant spoke in a gravelly voice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gravelly/#x2)
- The river bed was gravelly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gravelly/#x3)
- Gravelly soil lets water drain away quickly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gravelly/#x4)
- The old captain had a gravelly laugh. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gravelly/#x5)
- My bike skidded on the gravelly road. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gravelly/#x6)

### note

Spelling: gravel + ly = gravelly (double l). Do not confuse with «gravely» (seriously).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «gravelly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gravelly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.