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nasally

American  
[nay-zuh-lee, -zuhl-lee] / ˈneɪ zə li, -zəl li /

adverb

  1. in a nasal manner.

  2. by inhaling through the nose.

    to take drugs nasally.


Etymology

Origin of nasally

First recorded in 1840–50; nasal 1 + -ly


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Nailing that piercing, nasally, near-falsetto trademark night after night couldn’t have been easy for even a 20-something Axl in his prime.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 15, 2023

The shot is being retooled for the Omicron variant and a nasally inhaled version is also in the works.

From Reuters ● Feb. 27, 2023

Yorty pronounced it nasally, and with a hard-G, “Ang,” like “bang,” “huh-luss.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2022

Contemporary illustrations of Cyrano show him to be relatively well-endowed nasally but never quite reaching the grotesque extremes we find in Rostand.

From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2022

Covers her mouth a second too late to stop the nasally sound.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day

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