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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(rare) Resembling or characteristic of a cardboard box..
On the nose there is some maturity but the wine lacks a bit of grace and charm. There is something dry, pinched and cardboard-boxy about it.
[…] here where I must cope with a world only as cruel / as the people, themselves cruelly exploited / in this cardboard-boxy housing many would give / an eye-tooth for […]
Is there anything I can do to get my 319 to sound better? I remember reading about someone placing felt type material inside the mic but is there anything else I can do? It does seem to have this cardboard-boxy kinda sound to it.
Use cardboard-boxy when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Cardboard-boxy means (rare) Resembling or characteristic of a cardboard box..
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On the nose there is some maturity but the wine lacks a bit of grace and charm. There is something dry, pinched and cardboard-boxy about it.
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