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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice" [syn: grating, gravelly, rasping, raspy, rough, scratchy]

Merriam Webster's

adjective (raspier; -est) Date: 1838 1. harsh, grating 2. irritable

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Raspy Rasp"y, a. Like a rasp, or the sound made by a rasp; grating. --R. D. Blackmore.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If someone has a raspy voice, they make rough sounds as if they have a sore throat or have difficulty in breathing. (LITERARY) Both men sang in a deep, raspy tone... ADJ