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nasal | nosely |

As a noun nasal

is nasal consonant.

As an adjective nosely is

of, relating to, or characteristic of the nose or noses; nosey.

As an adverb nosely is

in a nosey or nasal manner; nasally.

nasal

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the nose.
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  • (phonetics) Having a quality 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; as, a nasal vowel; a nasal utterance.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An elementary sound which is uttered through the nose, or through both the nose and the mouth simultaneously, such as m'' and ''n .
  • (medicine, archaic) A medicine that operates through the nose; an errhine.
  • (phonetics) A nasal vowel or consonant.
  • Part of a helmet projecting to protect the nose; a nose guard.
  • * 1909 , Charles Henry Ashdown, European Arms & Armor , page 78,
    • The nasal continued in use until about 1140, when it was generally discarded, but isolated examples may be found in every succeeding century down to the seventeenth.
  • * 1999 , (George RR Martin), A Clash of Kings , Bantam 2011, p. 463:
    • Rorge had donned a black halfhelm with a broad iron nasal that made it hard to see that he did not have a nose.
  • (anatomy) One of the nasal bones.
  • (zoology) A plate, or scale, on the nose of a fish, etc.

    • Derived terms

    * nasal bone (anatomy) * nasal cavity (anatomy) * nasal fossa (anatomy) * nasal index (anatomy) * nasal vowel (phonetics)

    Anagrams

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    nosely

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Of, relating to, or characteristic of the nose or noses; nosey.
  • * 1983 , C. William Allen, An obituary for Hawa Barchue: a novel :
    • That was unusual because Barnesville is a place like most low cost housing areas where people did not only know wone another but are nosely to the point of finding out each others business.

    Adverb

    (en-adv)
  • In a nosey or nasal manner; nasally.
  • * 1877 , John Trowbridge, The great match, and other matches :
    • If any one desired to meet real American people, without a trace of the pronunciation of a Briton; people who talked right nosely , — Milltown.
  • * 1920 , Amalgamated Transit Union, Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America, In transit :
    • May I ask Brother Elmer Hayden where he gets that stuff that so nosely blooms.