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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. adenoidal, indistinct, muffled, slurred, thick
  4. Examples:
      5. “Her nasal voice made it difficult to understand her during the phone call.”
nosy
  1. prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle
  2. Synonyms:
      3. intrusive, meddling, interfering, prying, meddlesome, obtrusive, officious, pushy, snoopy, intruding, presumptuous, busy, inquisitive, curious, presuming, protrusive, snooping, pushing, probing, busybody, spying, nebby, interested, intermeddling, eavesdropping, personal, nosey, inquisitorial, impertinent, inquiring, questioning, enquiring, tampering, investigative, scrutinizing, peering, searching, peeping, scrutinising, importunate, forward, nosy-parker, gossipy, analytical, interrupting, prurient, over-curious, over-interested, inquisitory, bumptious … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “I was playing a woman named Mary Worthless who just was just a nosy busybody.”
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
  1. Alternative spelling of nosy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. intrusive, interfering, meddlesome, prying, inquisitive, curious, snooping, busybody, eavesdropping, meddling, nosy, officious, snoopy, obtrusive, intruding, presuming, presumptuous, protrusive, pushy, busy, pushing, nebby, impertinent, probing, inquisitorial, intermeddling, forward, tampering, inquiring, interested, questioning, investigative, scrutinizing, enquiring, scrutinising, importunate, nosy-parker, spying, gossipy, searching, peering, analytical, interrupting, peeping, prurient, over-curious, over-interested, inquisitory, bumptious, rude … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Brooks must deal with the local sheriff, an eager mortician, and a nosey reporter who all want a piece of the dying legend.”
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:
      3. “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. curiouser, more intrusive, more meddlesome, more inquisitive, more nosy, more officious, snoopier, more obtrusive, more presumptuous, more protrusive, pushier, busier, more pushing, nebbier, more impertinent, more probing, more inquisitorial, more interested, more questioning, more investigative, more enquiring, more importunate, gossipier, more searching, more analytical, more prurient, more inquisitory, more bumptious, more interruptive, more disquisitive, ruder, more annoying, more mischievous, more troublesome, more obstructive, more agog, keener, more speculative, more quizzical, eagerer, more penetrating, more analytic, more intent, more moved, more piercing, more excited, more attentive, more absorbed, deeper, more engrossed … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “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. curiousest, most intrusive, most meddlesome, most inquisitive, most nosy, most officious, snoopiest, most obtrusive, most presumptuous, most protrusive, pushiest, busiest, most pushing, nebbiest, most impertinent, most probing, most inquisitorial, most interested, most questioning, most investigative, most enquiring, most importunate, gossipiest, most searching, most analytical, most prurient, most inquisitory, most bumptious, most interruptive, most disquisitive, rudest, most annoying, most obstructive, most mischievous, most troublesome, most agog, keenest, most speculative, most quizzical, eagerest, most penetrating, most analytic, most intent, most moved, most piercing, most excited, most attentive, most absorbed, deepest, most engrossed … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “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
  1. simple past tense and past participle of nasalize
  2. Synonyms:
      3. drawled, droned, intoned, said slowly, spoke slowly, spoken slowly, dragged out, pronounced slowly
nasalizing
  1. present participle of nasalize
  2. Synonyms:
      3. drawling, droning, intoning, saying slowly, speaking slowly, dragging out, pronouncing slowly
nosing
  1. present participle of nose
  2. Synonyms:
      3. smelling, sniffing, whiffing, scenting, snuffing, discerning, sensing, detecting, seeing, feeling, perceiving, recognizing, tasting, expecting, foreseeing, foretelling, predicting, recognising, picking up, becoming aware of, becoming conscious of, nosing out, sniffing out, getting wind of, identifying, apperceiving, making out, observing, suspecting, intuiting, being aware of, noticing, noting, distinguishing, catching, apprehending, beholding, discovering, reading, finding, inferring, feeling in one's bones, feeling in gut, getting the impression, having a feeling, getting vibes, having a hunch, getting the impression of, picking out, having an awareness of … more
nasalised
  1. simple past tense and past participle of nasalise
nasalising
  1. present participle of nasalise
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