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ventriloquial
[ ven-truh-loh-kwee-uhl ]
adjective
- of, relating to, or using ventriloquism.
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Other Words From
- ventri·loqui·al·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ventriloquial1
1830–40; ventriloqu(y) ( def ) + -al 1
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Example Sentences
Probably his ventriloquial powers are cultivated not for popular entertainment, but to lure intruders away from his nest.
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Song, loud, ringing and ventriloquial; suggesting that of Indigo Bunting but shorter.
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One Louis Brabant turned his ventriloquial talent to profitable account.
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As it thus flies it utters a succession of the hollow, booming notes, which have a strange ventriloquial quality.
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Thus the simplest cause of ventriloquial effect is produced by standing with your back to the audience and your face to the door.
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