adenoidal
Collocations
5ADJ.
amiable, expert
VERB + ADENOIDAL
sound
ADENOIDAL + NOUN
chinese, manager
PREP.
from
ADV.
slightly
Definitions
adj
Of or pertaining to the adenoids.
Sounding as if the speaker has swollen adenoids.
There he ordered beer from the adenoidal Chinese manager and drank the afternoon away, greedily swilling bottle after bottle, feeling gradually his adulthood return.
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.
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3There he ordered beer from the adenoidal Chinese manager and drank the afternoon away, greedily swilling bottle after bottle, feeling gradually his adulthood return.
WiktionaryMetzger, 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.
WiktionaryNeither 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.
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