Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a nasal manner; by or through the nose.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a nasal manner; by the nose.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
nasal manner or tone. - adverb By, through or using the
nose .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a nasal manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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My reaction was to what he had said previously, that singing nasally is a form of singing.
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CDC officials said Friday that the first vaccine to be distributed will be mostly taken nasally, which is not recommended for some in the high-risk groups outlined by the center, such as pregnant women.
Brownsville Herald : 2009
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CDC officials said Friday that the first vaccine to be distributed will be mostly taken nasally, which is not recommended for some in the high-risk groups outlined by the center, such as pregnant women.
Brownsville Herald : 2009
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And when their first big song came out, "I Wonder Why," this was 1958, and you hear this kind of nasally bass coming out of Carlo Mastrangelo.
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And when their first big song came out, "I Wonder Why," this was 1958, and you hear this kind of nasally bass coming out of Carlo Mastrangelo.
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And when their first big song came out, "I Wonder Why," this was 1958, and you hear this kind of nasally bass coming out of Carlo Mastrangelo.
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And when their first big song came out, "I Wonder Why," this was 1958, and you hear this kind of nasally bass coming out of Carlo Mastrangelo.
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As a Minnesotan, her kind of nasally twang reminds me of a far northern MN accent -- which I also find very irritating.
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"Hi," she said, in the kind of nasally, whiny voice that has been known to inspire premeditated violence.
bluemeany Diary Entry bluemeany 2007
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Not being able to see him, I could concentrate on his voice ... which to me was kind of nasally and whiny.
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