sotto voce - Definition from the COLOURS AND SOUNDS topic - COLOURS AND SOUNDS

Topic: COLOURS AND SOUNDS

Date:	1700-1800
Language:	Italian
Origin:	'under the voice'

sotto voce
adverb

sot‧to vo‧ce See pronunciation table in "How to use dictionary" pages

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formal

C in a very quiet voice, so that other people cannot easily hear:

American English

'No, it was Daniel,' she continued, sotto voce.

Definition of sotto voce from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English within
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