Usually means: Airy, soft sound when speaking.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word BREATHY:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. breathy: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. breathy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. breathy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. breathy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. breathy: Wordnik
  6. breathy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. breathy: Wiktionary
  8. breathy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. breathy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. breathy: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. breathy: Dictionary.com
  12. breathy: Dictionary/thesaurus

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Breathy: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (breathy)

▸ adjective:  Accompanied by audible breathing.

Similar:
breathful, breathsome, breathlike, shortbreathed, short-winded, moist, stertorous, dyspneic, broken-winded, gaspy, more...

Opposite:
gasping, wheezing, panting

Types:
sigh, pant, wheeze, gasp, more...

Phrases:
Breathy voice, breathy laugh, breathy chuckle, breathy half laugh, breathy sigh, more...

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Similar:
breathful, breathsome, breathlike, shortbreathed, short-winded, moist, stertorous, dyspneic, broken-winded, gaspy, more...

Opposite:
gasping, wheezing, panting

Types:
sigh, pant, wheeze, gasp, more...

Phrases:
Breathy voice, breathy laugh, breathy chuckle, breathy half laugh, breathy sigh, breathy moan, breathy laughter, more...



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