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  • adjective superlative form of breathy: most breathy.

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Examples

  • The phone rang a third time before I picked it up and answered in my breathiest voice.

    My Fair Succubi Jill Myles 2011

  • The phone rang a third time before I picked it up and answered in my breathiest voice.

    My Fair Succubi Jill Myles 2011

  • The phone rang a third time before I picked it up and answered in my breathiest voice.

    My Fair Succubi Jill Myles 2011

  • My lips parted as my legs, my hands clutched and clawed at his back, I gasped, I murmured endearments in my breathiest alto.

    kuniklos Diary Entry kuniklos 2003

  • As she shimmies in her sequined gown toward the spotlight to sing in her breathiest voice, “Happy Birthday, Mr. President,” her quirky sense of timing, sweet way with an innuendo, and her love affair with American celebrity and power are captured perfectly by the camera.

    All The Available Light Yona Zeldis McDonough 2002

  • As she shimmies in her sequined gown toward the spotlight to sing in her breathiest voice, “Happy Birthday, Mr. President,” her quirky sense of timing, sweet way with an innuendo, and her love affair with American celebrity and power are captured perfectly by the camera.

    All The Available Light Yona Zeldis McDonough 2002

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