nasal.

1. Having a speech or sound quality associated with resonance through the nose.

2. Relating to the nose or its structures.

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Words that belong together

• nasal voice
• nasal vowel

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His nasal voice slipped through the noise of the dining room.

She prolonged the nasal vowel as she taught him the greeting.

Usage notes

Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Comparative more nasal; superlative most nasal where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.