There he ordered beer from the adenoidal Chinese manager and drank the afternoon away, greedily swilling bottle after bottle, feeling gradually his adulthood return.
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Adenoidal
Synonyms for "adenoidal" (4 found)
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2 entriesTranslations
10 translations across 8 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- adenoïdal adj (pertaining to the adenoids)
Georgian
1 entries- ადენოიდური adj (pertaining to the adenoids)
German
1 entries- näselnd adj (sounding as if the speaker has swollen adenoids)
Irish
1 entries- adanóideach adj (pertaining to the adenoids)
Italian
2 entries- adenoide adj (pertaining to the adenoids)
- adenoideo adj (pertaining to the adenoids)
Polish
1 entries- adenoidalny adj (pertaining to the adenoids)
Portuguese
1 entries- adenoidal adj (pertaining to the adenoids)
Russian
2 entries- аденоидальный adj (pertaining to the adenoids)
- аденоидный adj (pertaining to the adenoids)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
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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Neither 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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