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nasal adjective
/ˈneɪ.zəl/ adj Definition
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related to the nosenasal passages
nasal congestion
the nasal cavity
a nasal spray
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usually disapproving If a person's voice is nasal, it has a particular sound because air is going through their nose when they speaka nasal accent
She spoke in nasal tones.
nasally adverb
/ˈneɪ.zəl.i/ adv (Definition of nasal adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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