throaty.

Having a low, resonant quality seemingly produced deep in the throat.

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Words that belong together

• throaty laugh
• throaty growl

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A throaty laugh came from the stairwell.

Usage notes

Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Comparative throatier; superlative throatiest. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description. Commonness: moderately common.