Breathy

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  • adjective. Marked by audible or noisy breathing.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining to or of the nature of breath.
  • In phonetics, accompanied with breath; pronounced with open glottis; uttered with breath.
  • Characterized by a conspicuous use of the breath: said usually of vocal sounds in which breath is needlessly and faultily wasted.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Accompanied by audible breathing.
  • Word Usage
    "Rubyn wins for a while; Williams takes the lead after saying a few words in breathy tones."
    Form
    breathily  
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