1. containing or covered with gravel; resembling gravel
2. having a rough, harsh sound
Usage: often describing voices

Examples

• The gravelly driveway crunched under our feet.
• We walked along the gravelly beach collecting shells.
• The old man spoke in a gravelly voice.
• Her gravelly tone suggested she had been shouting.
• The gravelly path wound through the garden.
• His gravelly laugh echoed through the room.
• The gravelly soil made planting difficult.