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sotto voce

[ sot-oh voh-chee; Italian sawt-taw vaw-che ]

adverb

  1. in a low, soft voice so as not to be overheard.


sotto voce

/ ˈsɒtəʊ ˈvəʊtʃɪ /

adverb

  1. in an undertone
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of sotto voce1

First recorded in 1730–40; from Italian adverb sottovoce, “in a low voice,†from sotto “under†+ voce “voice†( voice ( def ) )
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of sotto voce1

C18: from Italian: under (one's) voice
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But instead, the trip is taking place sotto voce.

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Heads bent close in the candlelight, speaking sotto voce, they made an almost rom-com pair.

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But his subsequent sotto voce remark, to the effect that he probably wouldn’t give any of the Manhattan Project scientists clearance under those rules, doesn’t appear anywhere in the 1,011-page hearing transcript.

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Seated next to him at a public hearing, you were in constant danger of laughing out loud at his sotto voce commentaries.

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In the well-practiced sotto voce of a veteran concierge, Mulholland offered an addendum: Only five of the explosions that damaged the building, he said, were from incendiary devices planted inside the hotel itself.

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