nasal
adjective
of or relating to the nose.
nasality
-
a word derived from
nasal.
Example Sentences
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He added, “It definitely does have some of the Sinatra characteristics, but there’s a little nasality in there, and it’s when the singer becomes nasal that I start to hear that it’s not Frank.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2020
At its best, my voice has a James Taylor-ish nasality that has the net effect of a mild laxative.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2013
Oliver is a plainly gripping singer, his nasality helping him cut through the clatter.
From New York Times ● Aug. 8, 2011
Yet the two are instantly doing dueling Michael Caines: Coogan emphasizing Caine's nasality, Brydon the lower, slower diction that comes from decades of "all the cigars and brandy."
From Time ● Jun. 10, 2011
A very disagreeable and common fault is nasality, or "talking through the nose."
From Talks on Talking by Grenville Kleiser
