From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishthroatythroat‧y /ˈθrəʊti $ ˈθroʊ-/ adjective LOW SOUND OR VOICEa throaty laugh, cough, voice etc sounds low and rough —throatily adverb —throatiness noun [countable, uncountable]
Examples from the Corpus
throaty• The crickets sing on, their throaty croaking rising and falling a pitch or two, as the evening passes into night.• She always spoke with a throaty German accent.• But instead of the tinny rippling of coils, San Franciscans heard the throaty roar of rock.• Each indrawn breath was a little throaty snore.• Then I hear a soft, throaty sound from his bed, like the chuckle of a horse.• Instead, I laugh, a throaty, superior laugh.• Julie had a throaty voice that made her sound older than she was.• "Be quiet, " she said in a throaty voice. 