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UK
/ˈædənˌɔɪdəl/
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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
- An adenoidal voice informed him that Dr. Rayner's office was on the first floor of Franz Hall. THE KILL CLAUSE
- 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
- There is a heavy silence around the table, except for an adenoidal snort of derision from Noon. LOVE YOU MADLY
- I hear that high, adenoidal voice that sounds like 50 other kids who have that same adenoidal voice.
- The adenoidal whine of their accents dulled her hearing, and the smoke of their cigarettes made her eyes smart.
- She's probably upset because her boyfriend doesn't want to go out with her on account of her amusing adenoidal accent.
- There's the cold-eyed, creepy stillness and bottled aggression of the ex-military types, the jovial Swanndri bonhomie of the hunters, a swash of piratical old-timers and some adenoidal gun dorks.
- Then, too, the services of the physician are often brought into requisition, to cure some physical ill, such as adenoidal growths, which may in a measure account for the delinquency of the child. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent
- His adenoidal "Clydie Clyde" voice is based on morning zoo pioneer Scott Shannon's "Mr. Leonard" character. Bob Cesca: Glenn Beck the Faith-Healer Continues to Scam His Followers
- `Here he is, our very own cop," Wiltz said, smiling, small dark grey eyes sighting past the large adenoidal nose. STONE CITY