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What is the adjective for nasality?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs nasalize, nose and nasalise which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

nasal
  1. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the nose
  2. (phonetics) Having a sound imparted by means of the nose; and specifically, made by lowering the soft palate, in some cases with closure of the oral passage, the voice thus issuing (wholly or partially) through the nose, as in the consonants m, n, ng; characterized by resonance in the nasal passage
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “Her nasal voice made it difficult to understand her during the phone call.”
nosy
nosely
  1. (nonstandard) Of, relating to, or characteristic of the nose or noses, nasal; nosey.
nosed
  1. (in combination) Having some specific type of nose
noselike
  1. Resembling a nose or some aspect of one.
nosey
nosebagged
  1. Wearing a nosebag.
nasally
  1. That sounds nasal.
nasalward
  1. Toward the nose.
nasalwards
  1. Toward the nose.
noseless
  1. Lacking a nose.
  2. Examples:
    1. “In previous oriental tales, Eblis had been portrayed as a clawed, noseless monster.”
      “The noseless man's beautiful daughter challenges her boyfriend, who ends up losing a body part, possibly on purpose, in order to fit in to her family.”
      “The man had eventually gotten medical help, but Roswell had reported his dissent later that night, and that meant death for the noseless man sooner or later.”
nosier
  1. comparative form of nosey: more nosey
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “On Thursday, with reporters getting nosier, Mrs. Weiner faced a question about the scandal surrounding her son's bid for mayor.”
      “Then, journalists started to get nosier about the details of Bowie's illness and demise, and McCaslin shut down.”
      “My wife and I find that the crickets are nosier than the frogs, and best of all, the mosquitoes have all but disappeared from our macadamia orchard.”
nosiest
  1. superlative form of nosey: most nosey
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Being the nosiest person I know, a quidnunc by definition, I usually will do anything to find out something.”
      “Silent at sea, these birds are the nosiest of the Auklets when in the breeding colonies, vocalizing with groans, low hoots, grunts, and barking calls.”
      “We believe mobile phone users are eager for a solution that makes crystal clear audio calling possible even in the nosiest environments.”
nasalized
nasalizing
nosing
nasalised
  1. simple past tense and past participle of nasalise
nasalising
  1. present participle of nasalise
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