sandpapery

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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adj

"TV talk-show host Les Crane annoyed plenty of people in the mid-'60s with his sandpapery communication style."
"A bruiser with a sandpapery voice, he was a reliable teller of corner-boy tales and, it seemed, a willing cog."
"This name sounds pretty cool though. You like the way it rolls off your sandpapery tongue."

From sandpaper + -y.

more sandpapery (comparative) most sandpapery (superlative)

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