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UK
/ˈædənˌɔɪdəl/
]
ADJECTIVE
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sounding as if the nose were pinched
a whining nasal voice - of or pertaining to the adenoids
How To Use adenoidal In A Sentence
- Some listeners will probably find his voice a bit adenoidal for their tastes.
- Oh, and the singer's adenoidal yelping isn't an affectation.
- The lyrics, prototypically sung in that much imitated adenoidal whine we have all known and loved all these many years later, were ingeniously universal while being blatantly personal, a great trick. Binky Philips: I Get Bounced From the Buzzcocks
- Singles, being cheaper, were purchased disproportionately by the adenoidal set. Singles Might Save the Music Industry
- She's probably upset because her boyfriend doesn't want to go out with her on account of her amusing adenoidal accent.
- More remarkable, it spawned three of the greatest comic creations in television history: namely, the adenoidal and long-suffering Olive, her misogynist husband Arthur, and the incomparable Blakey, with his toothbrush moustache and his catchphrase that still rings down the ages - "I'll get you, Butler! Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
- I have a funny, adenoidal voice and a wonky smile. Dr Gerry Mander: the therapist the stars trust
- Literate lyrics, an insistent strum, and an endearingly adenoidal yelp combine for a thoroughly enjoyable song.
- It is true that Mr. Yaffe calls Mr. Dylan, at one point, a "gnomic adenoidal seer. Poet, Prophet and Puzzle
- It is true that Mr. Yaffe calls Mr. Dylan, at one point, a "gnomic adenoidal seer. Poet, Prophet and Puzzle