Adenoidal
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Adenoidal is an adjective meaning (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the adenoids.
Meaning
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the adenoids.
More Meanings
- (of a voice) Sounding as if the speaker has swollen adenoids.
Example Sentences
There he ordered beer from the adenoidal Chinese manager and drank the afternoon away, greedily swilling bottle after bottle, feeling gradually his adulthood return.
Neither man has an alternative career in audiobook narration awaiting him upon retirement. Ron DeSantis speaks in a sort of monotone nag. Rishi Sunak can sound adenoidal.
Metzger, acting on instructions in the will, had retained this amiable, slightly adenoidal expert, for a percent of his valuation, to inventory and appraise Inverarity's stamp collection.
Synonyms for adenoidal
Depending on context, synonyms include high, pinched, high-pitched, nasal.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include nasal, pinched, high-pitched, high, adenoid, adeno-associated.
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