grittily
In coarse manner
In a gritty manner—with rough, coarse texture or, more often, with unflinching toughness and determination.
The word usually describes how stories are told or how characters behave: The film grittily depicts life in the housing projects.
It suggests rawness without glamour, showing harsh realities without softening them.
In a rough manner
- coarselyIn unrefined manner
- roughlyIn approximate terms
- harshlyIn severe manner
- raspilyIn a harsh, rough-voiced manner
scratchily · gratingly · jarringly · hoarsely · throatily · rawly
In plain contrast
- unflinchinglyWithout shrinking back
- rawlyWithout polish or processing
- harshlyIn severe manner
- bleaklyIn hopeless manner
darkly · grimly · unsentimentally · unsparingly · brutally · viscerally · authentically · earthily
With fixed purpose
- steadfastlyWith unyielding commitment
- unwaveringlyWithout changing or faltering
- doggedlyWith obstinate persistence
- tenaciouslyWith stubborn persistence
stubbornly · persistently · unflinchingly · relentlessly · resolutely · courageously · defiantly · staunchly
abrasively
In a rough manner
raspily · scratchily · gratingly · jarringly · hoarsely · throatily · rawly
starkly
In plain contrast
- unflinchinglyWithout shrinking back
- rawlyWithout polish or processing
- harshlyIn severe manner
bleakly · darkly · grimly · unsentimentally · unsparingly · brutally · viscerally · authentically · earthily · graphically
determinedly
With fixed purpose
- steadfastlyWith unyielding commitment
- unwaveringlyWithout changing or faltering
- doggedlyWith obstinate persistence
tenaciously · stubbornly · persistently · unflinchingly · relentlessly · resolutely · courageously · defiantly · staunchly · unyieldingly
- artistic adverbsartistically, stylistically, expressively, evocatively, poetically
grittilysmoothly
Without friction or difficulty
gently · softly · silkily · sleekly · delicately
grittilyromantically
In amorous fashion
sentimentally · whimsically · idealistically · prettily · glossily
grittilyweakly
Without much force
timidly · feebly · meekly · half-heartedly · squeamishly
- gritting one's teethForcing oneself onward despite difficulty
- gritting teethClamping jaw under stress