ventriloquial

[ ven-truh-loh-kwee-uhl ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or using ventriloquism.

Other Words From

• ventri·loqui·al·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of ventriloquial¹

1830–40; ventriloqu(y) ( def ) + -al ¹

Example Sentences

Probably his ventriloquial powers are cultivated not for popular entertainment, but to lure intruders away from his nest.

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Song, loud, ringing and ventriloquial; suggesting that of Indigo Bunting but shorter.

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One Louis Brabant turned his ventriloquial talent to profitable account.

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As it thus flies it utters a succession of the hollow, booming notes, which have a strange ventriloquial quality.

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Thus the simplest cause of ventriloquial effect is produced by standing with your back to the audience and your face to the door.

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