huskiest

Adjective

husky (comparative huskier, superlative huskiest)

1. Of a voice, hoarse and rough-sounding; throaty.
   • Mr. Hyde was pale and dwarfish, he gave an impression of deformity without any nameable malformation, he had a displeasing smile, he had borne himself to the lawyer with a sort of murderous mixture of timidity and boldness, and he spoke with a husky, whispering and somewhat broken voice; all these...1886 January 5, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Search for Mr. Hyde”, in Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 25
2. (US, euphemistic) Burly, stout; sometimes as a modifier for boys' clothing sizes that fit a large waist or chest.
   • You look like a good, husky man to pitch in the barnyard […]1910, Hamlin Garland, Other Main-Travelled Roads
3. Abounding with husks; consisting of husks.
   • Some swains have sown before: but most have found
     A husky harvest from the grudging ground.1697, Virgil, “The First Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC
4. (archaic, slang) Belligerent; hostile and uncooperative.
   • “Well, here it is,” said Silver. “We want that treasure, and we’ll have it — that’s our point! You would just as soon save your lives, I reckon; and that’s yours. You have a chart, haven’t you?”
     “That’s as may be,” replied the captain.
     “Oh, well, you have, I know that,” returned Long John. “You...1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC

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