gravelliest

Adjective

gravelly (comparative more gravelly, superlative most gravelly)

1. Full of, covered with, or similar to gravel or pebbles.
   • The dung which men make […] is greatly miſlyked, for that by nature it is hoter and burneth the ſeedes ſowne in that earth: ſo that this is not to bee uſed, unleſſe the ground be a barren, grauelly or verie louſe ſand, lacking ſtrength in it, which being on ſuche wiſe, requyreth the more helpe of...1577, Dydymus Mountaine [pseudonym; Thomas Hill], Henry Dethicke [i.e., Henry Dethick], “Of the Kindes of Dung, and which Well Commended for the Dunging of Gardens”, in The Gardeners Labyrinth: […]...

   Synonyms:

   gravelish, gravelous

   Antonyms:

   ungravelly

2. Of a voice: unpleasantly harsh or rasping.
   • […] currently incarcerated Stinc Team members Ketchy the Great, SaySoTheMac, and Bambino; the devilish and gravelly Almighty Suspect; red-clad Inglewooder and headband connoisseur FreeAckrite; baby-faced Martin Luther King Park loiterer Johnny Rose; […]2019 February 5, Torii MacAdams, “The New Generation of LA Rap Is Changing Everything”, in VICE
3. Caused by or involving gravel (“kidney stones”).

   Synonyms:

   gravelish, gravelous

4. (obsolete) Full of or covered with sand; sandy.
   • As the goeing vp a grauelie way in the feete of the aged, ſo a woman ful of tongue to a quiet man.1610, The Second Tome of the Holie Bible, […] (Douay–Rheims Bible), Doway: Laurence Kellam, […], →OCLC, Ecclesiasticus 25:27, page 410