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breathy

[breth-ee]

Origin

adjective, breath·i·er, breath·i·est.

(of the voice) characterized by audible or excessive emission of breath.

Origin:
1520–30; breath + -y¹

Related forms

breath·i·ness, noun

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breathy (ˈbrɛθɪ)

—*adj* , breathier, breathiest
1.	(of the speaking voice) accompanied by an audible emission of breath
2.	(of the singing voice) lacking resonance

'breathily

—*adv*

'breathiness

—n

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Word Origin & History

breathy

1520s, "pertaining to breath," from breath. Of voices, from 1883.

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"As I confronted her, the changes grew less apparent to me, her identity stronger. She was there, in the full vigour of her personality, battered but not diminished, looking at me, speaking to me in the husky, breathy voice I remembered so well."

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