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Definition of Nasality

1. Noun. A quality of the voice that is produced by nasal resonators.

Definition of Nasality

1. n. The quality or state of being nasal.

Definition of Nasality

1. Noun. the state or quality of being nasal ¹

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Definition of Nasality

1. the quality or an instance of being produced nasally [n -TIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nasality

Literary usage of Nasality

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Mind and Voice: Principles and Methods in Vocal Training by Samuel Silas Curry (1910)
"nasality. nasality is usually regarded as tone passing out through the nose; but this is only one aspect or kind of nasality. nasality, in the ordinary ..."

2. Sources of Effectiveness in Public Speaking: Psychological Principles by Charles Edmund Neil (1920)
"I. nasality IN THE VOICE Let us first inquire what are the causes of nasality. The common understanding of nasality seems to be, that the person who has it ..."

3. German and English Sounds by Charles Hall Grandgent (1892)
"... any front vowel is slightly modified when it stands between two alveolar consonants;8 but I have no vowel that I should call coronal. c. nasality. ..."

4. Dictionary of Aviation by Robert Morris Pierce (1911)
"... this universal system includes, of course, other symbols (modifiers), for indicating voicelessness, nasality, and whisper, and the various degrees of ..."

5. Lippincott's Medical dictionary: A Complete Vocabulary of the Terms Used in by Ryland W. Greene, Joseph Thomas (1906)
"... the sharp projection from the middle of the inferior surface of the frontal bone. nasality (nO'-zul'jt;). Nasal quality, as of the voice. ..."

6. A History of English Sounds from the Earliest Period: With Full Word-lists by Henry Sweet (1888)
"Vowels tend, of course, to lose their nasality even when not followed by a nasal, ... The Old Bulg. nasality has been lost in all the living Slavonic ..."

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