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Sotto Voce

/ˌsɑtoʊ ˈvoʊtʃi/

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What does Sotto Voce mean?

adjective

  1. In soft tones; quiet.
  2. Soft, instruments or voice.

adverb

  1. Quietly.
More meanings (2)

adverb

  1. Sung or played softly, instruments or voice.

noun

  1. A direction in a score that a passage in a piece should be played softly, or sung in a low voice, when applied to vocal music.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˌsɑtoʊ ˈvoʊtʃi/

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But Mr. Pappleworth nodded his head in the direction of the boy, and the talk went on sotto voce.
D. H. (David Herbert) LawrenceSons and LoversProject Gutenberg ebook #217
One morning after greeting the dogs at the door, he was heard to remark sotto voce.
J. A. (Joseph Amasa) MunkArizona SketchesProject Gutenberg ebook #756
More book examples (3)
I arose, dripping, just in time to hear, sotto voce, in the gallery at my side: "A little bit crushed, that Peach."
William T. (William Tatem) TildenThe Art of Lawn TennisProject Gutenberg ebook #1451
All the others, however, were too busily intent in consuming the Turbot la Vatel to heed his interrogative glance, so he followed suit, and after he had finished his portion, asked, sotto voce, for another bit.
W. G., Mrs. WatersThe Cook's Decameron A Study in Taste, Containing over Two Hundred Recipes for Italian DishesProject Gutenberg ebook #930
A more elastic footstep entered next; and now I opened my mouth for a “good-morning,” but closed it again, the salutation unachieved; for Hareton Earnshaw was performing his orison sotto voce, in a series of curses directed against every object he touched, while he rummaged a corner for a spade or shovel to dig through the drifts.
Emily BrontëWuthering HeightsProject Gutenberg ebook #768