单词 | gruffness |
释义 | gruffness|ˈgrʌfnɪs| [f. gruff a. + -ness.] The condition or quality of being gruff.
1690–1in Ep. Corr. Atterbury (1783) I. 17 No gruffness, I beseech you; use them civily, and stick to your point. 1799in Spirit Publ. Jrnls. (1800) III. 135, I pray that your gruffness aside may be laid, While you deign to partake of our prog. 1856Emerson Eng. Traits, Char. Wks. (Bohn) II. 58 You shall find in the common people [of England] a surly indifference, sometimes gruffness and ill temper. 1880V. Lee Stud. Italy iv. ii. 154 He..began to treat his clerk with the most insulting gruffness. |

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