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nasally

/ˈneɪzəli/

nasally adverb: in a nasal manner or tone.

Adverb

nasally (comparative more nasally, superlative most nasally)

  1. In a nasal manner or tone.
    • speak nasally
  2. By, through or using the nose.
    • Among the Arabs, who are highly sensitive to aromas as sexual stimulants, perfume is applied for this purpose to the mouth, the armpits, nasally, and the pudenda muliebria.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 139

Adjective

nasally (comparative more nasally, superlative most nasally)

  1. That sounds nasal.
    • The loud, nasally voice from behind the door attracted my attention.
    • My only option was to tell the off-site building manager, a nasally guy named Russell Sepulveda.2008, Stacey Grenrock Woods, I, California: A Memoir

nasally meaning in Hindi and Urdu

nasally in Hindi

that sounds nasal
नकसुरा naksurā

nasally in Urdu

گنگنی آواز سے, ناک میں سے, ناک سے

Forms of nasally

Adverb
comparativemore nasally
superlativemost nasally
Adjective
comparativemore nasally
superlativemost nasally

Origin of nasally

From nasal + -ly.

From nasal + -y.

Words formed from nasally

Questions about nasally

What does nasally mean?
Nasally means in a nasal manner or tone.
What is nasally in Hindi?
Nasally in Hindi is नकसुरा (naksurā). See Nasally meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is nasally?
Nasally can be an adverb or an adjective.
How do you pronounce nasally?
Nasally is pronounced /ˈneɪzəli/.

Words near nasally in the dictionary

  1. nasalized
  2. nasalizes
  3. nasalizing
  4. nasallang
  5. nasallangs
  6. nasally
  7. nasalness
  8. nasals
  9. nasalward
  10. nasalwards
  11. NASAMS

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nasally (page history and authors); nasally (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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