nasality.

The degree or quality of nasal resonance in speech or other vocal sound.

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Words that belong together

• vocal nasality
• a trace of nasality

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A trace of nasality remained even when she lowered her voice.

The recording exaggerated his vocal nasality in the narrow room.

Usage notes

Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.