Of substances, physical phenomena, things (material or immaterial), or their properties. Phonetics. Intensity or degree of force involved in vocal…

smoothness.

Distinctness of vision, sound, expression, comprehension, etc.

Openness (in sound). Cf. apert, adj. 1b. rare.

The quality of being nasal in pronunciation or articulation; an instance of this.

Mode of pronunciation; vocal modulation.

the quality of being percussive (esp. in music).

Nasal pronunciation.

Of sounds: the fact or quality of being compact (cf. compact, adj.1 4c).

The process of over-articulating something; the condition of being over-articulated.

Phonetics. With reference to a sound: the quality or state of being oral (see oral, adj. 4).