Adjective : the nasal cavity. From Dictionary.com.
That which is called nasality is caused by the failure of the tone to reach freely the anterior cavities of the nares. From Wordnik.com. [Expressive Voice Culture, Including the Emerson System] Reference
Love the way he sings "Nixon" with extra nasality. From Wordnik.com. [words] Reference
Try adjusting the pitch while keeping the nasality. From Wordnik.com. [Reading Aloud 2: Character voices] Reference
As to nasality, it also varies among speakers of a language. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: CACOPHONY?] Reference
So set your phasers to “infinite nasality” and check it out. From Wordnik.com. [Preview of Tonight’s The Hills! | Best Week Ever] Reference
A little bit of nasality can be used to make a “brighter” sound. From Wordnik.com. [Reading Aloud 2: Character voices] Reference
And yet I find the same nasality in a language like Vietnamese quite pleasant. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: CACOPHONY?] Reference
She turned and imitated our etiquette teacher at Greenwood, speaking with nasality. From Wordnik.com. [All That Glitters] Reference
I had the sense to disguise my voice, trying for nasality and a Central Europe accent. From Wordnik.com. [The Great California Game]
There is always a nasal twang about it, but quite distinct from the nasality of a Yankee. From Wordnik.com. [West Indian Fables by James Anthony Froude Explained by J. J. Thomas] Reference
I think the degree of nasality varies from nose to nose and gutturalness from gullet to gullet. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: CACOPHONY?] Reference
(Well, yeah, her high-pitched nasality is grating, but we're used to it and it drives the liberal pinkos crazy!). From Wordnik.com. [Inside Rove's Diary: The "Magic" of Presidential Street-Fighting] Reference
Rolling his gutteral Prussian R's with gusto, he sang in an indescribable blend of nasality and hypertensive stridency. From Wordnik.com. [Music of the Weimar Republic --] Reference
I find it humorous that "unattractive" qualities in speech are almost inevitably put down to "nasality" or "gutturalness.". From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: CACOPHONY?] Reference
If one is conscious of nasality or throatiness of voice, it certainly pays to study the subject seriously with an intelligent teacher. From Wordnik.com. [How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell] Reference
Speakers from, say, New Jersey are much more likely to pronounce English with a certain nasality than are speakers from, say, Manitoba. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: CACOPHONY?] Reference
If boys have up to this time used only the thick register, they will in singing through the break intensify their bad habits; throatiness, harshness, nasality will become chronic. From Wordnik.com. [The Child-Voice in Singing treated from a physiological and a practical standpoint and especially adapted to schools and boy choirs] Reference
As for the fault of nasality, it is, as I have said, the most difficult to get rid of. From Wordnik.com. [Caruso and Tetrazzini on the Art of Singing] Reference
Occasionally, they slipped into a nasality that pretty much defines an immature voice. From Wordnik.com. Reference
By casting Simmons as a tenor, they'll definitely be able to pick up his distinct nasality. From Wordnik.com. [Deadspin] Reference
There came an interruption, a voice of unpleasant and wiry nasality, speaking from behind us. From Wordnik.com. [The Guest of Quesnay] Reference
Calleja's voice yesterday only tended towards nasality in "una furtiva" as I presume he got a bit tired. From Wordnik.com. [parterre box] Reference
"Say," he responded in a voice of unpleasant nasality, finally deciding upon speech, "you're 'Nummeric'n, ain't you?". From Wordnik.com. [The Guest of Quesnay] Reference
Joseph Calleja's voice is very sweet, and he handles it with great dignity, charm and control, although the nasality bothers me a little. From Wordnik.com. [parterre box] Reference
He looked so English that you would have expected a strong English accent of him, but his speech was more that of an American, without the nasality. From Wordnik.com. [Ragged Lady — Complete] Reference
Forget the content (or lack thereof), the only things I hear are nasality, rising inflections, strange and arbitrary emphasis on words and, and. From Wordnik.com. [DUmmie FUnnies] Reference
Vastly gratified, Samuel advanced with ludicrous gestures towards the visitor, held out his hand, and said with affected nasality, 'How do you do, sir?. From Wordnik.com. [The Nether World] Reference
They're not always deployed as wisely, though, especially when the new version follows Ms. Streisand's warmth with the teenypop nasality of Miley Cyrus. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page]
And, as regards labial obstruents, it may be English which is the lesser corruptor, since it retains the obstruency which Britan-no-Latin converted to nasality. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol II No 3] Reference
His speech was not a little infected with the nasality -- as easy to catch as hard to get rid of -- which I presume the Puritans carried from England to America. From Wordnik.com. [The Elect Lady] Reference
In contrast with Portuguese, with its rich vocality and nasality, and large number of diphthongs and even triphthongs, English has a strong consonantal character. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Page view page image: chest; vowel analysis, voice-placing and tone-color; abnormal conditions, stammering, nasality, loss of voice from faulty habit of breathing. From Wordnik.com. [University of Virginia Record] Reference
I have used this latter form in the 'Biglow Papers,' because, if enough nasality be added, it represents most nearly the average sound of what I may call the interjection. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell] Reference
“Handwriting is an exhibit to use,” Monsieur Polk said with a bit of official-sounding nasality, “but it’s not conclusive. From Wordnik.com. [All That Glitters] Reference
For his part, Gere trots out his "Chicago" - honed Jimmy Durante nasality (when he calls Lindbergh a "stiff-ass sanctimonious prude!". From Wordnik.com. [indieWIRE News] Reference
Certain consonants tend to nasality. From Wordnik.com. [Voice Production in Singing and Speaking Based on Scientific Principles (Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged)] Reference
A nasality talisman for the sultana analyst. From Wordnik.com. [MSDN Blogs] Reference
There is a noticeable nasality to his speech. From Wordnik.com. [AltWeeklies.com Site Feed] Reference
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