sandpapery

English

Etymology

sandpaper +‎ -y

Adjective

sandpapery (comparative more sandpapery, superlative most sandpapery)

1. Resembling sandpaper.
   • 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 278:

     TV talk-show host Les Crane annoyed plenty of people in the mid-'60s with his sandpapery communication style.

   • 2009 March 30, The New York Times, “New CDs”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     A bruiser with a sandpapery voice, he was a reliable teller of corner-boy tales and, it seemed, a willing cog.