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saw-to-VO-chee
adjective, adverb
speaking softly, usually so as not to be overheard; very softly
1846Poor FolkToday, therefore, I crept humbly to my seat and sat down in such a crouching posture that Efim Akimovitch (the most touchy man in the world) said to me sotto voce: 'What on earth makes you sit like that, Makar Alexievitch?'1951The Day of the Triffids'Rum sort of setup, this,' he remarked sotto voce to me.1994Midnight In the Garden of Good and EvilAs the two ladies lapsed into silence, I became aware of a conversation taking place sotto voce between a man and two women seated on the divan across from me.Labels: Fyodor Dostoevsky, John Berendt, John Wyndham
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