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sotto voce |
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sotto voce [ˈsɒtəʊ ˈvəʊtʃɪ] adv
(Music / Classical Music) in an undertone [from Italian: under (one's) voice] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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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. Poyser would probably have brought her rejoinder to a further climax, if every one's attention had not at this moment been called to the other end of the table, where the lyricism, which had at first only manifested itself by David's sotto voce performance of "My love's a rose without a thorn," had gradually assumed a rather deafening and complex character. He replaces them all by faint sensations, and especially by pronunciation of words sotto voce. |
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