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breathy

[breth-ee]

adjective

breathier, breathiest 
  1. (of the voice) characterized by audible or excessive emission of breath.



breathy

/ ˈɛθɪ /

adjective

  1. (of the speaking voice) accompanied by an audible emission of breath

  2. (of the singing voice) lacking resonance

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • breathiness noun
  • ˈ𲹳ٳ󾱱 adverb
  • ˈ𲹳ٳ󾱲Ա noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of breathy1

First recorded in 1520–30; breath + -y 1
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Phil commission, had an ancient feel with its silences and breathy solos played with enthralling focus by Yubeen Kim.

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With its sensual grooves and breathy vocals, “I Forgive You” also represents a return to Erivo’s roots in the soul music she loved “before I met the musical theater version of myself,” as she puts it.

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An international hit, her version was light and breathy, delivered in a folk-pop style that was to become her trademark during the swinging 60s.

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Shelly, who speaks in a heightened version of Anderson’s breathy coo, is a fellow Francophile.

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But finishing hot on the Latin charts is also “Si No Es Contigo,” where Cris MJ riffs his breathy voice over a sultry urban beat.

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