adverb
- in a manner characteristic of or relating to the adenoids; with a nasal quality of voice caused by enlarged or inflamed adenoids
Usage: medical/descriptive; often used to describe speech patterns in children with adenoid enlargement
Examples
- The child spoke adenoidally due to swollen adenoids blocking the nasal passage.
- He adenoidally pronounced his words with a characteristic nasal twang.
- The doctor noted the patient was breathing adenoidally through the mouth.
- She adenoidally hummed the tune, her voice pinched and nasal.