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breathy
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
breathy
(adjective)
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breathy
/
ˈ
brɛθi/
adjective
breathier
;
breathiest
breathy
/
ˈ
brɛθi/
adjective
breathier
;
breathiest
Learner's definition of BREATHY
:
spoken or sung with the sound of a person's breath
a
breathy
whisper
the singer's
breathy
voice/vocals
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— breathily
/
ˈ
brɛθəli/
adverb
singing
breathily
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— breathiness
/
ˈ
brɛθinəs/
noun
[
noncount
]
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