semiwhisper

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noun

A low voice close to a whisper.

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Meanings

nounsemiwhisper (plural semiwhispers)

plural semiwhispers

  1. A low voice close to a whisper.

    Her friend April turned to her and asked in a semiwhisper, “Is it worth $100,000 to learn that?”

    2008 January 25, Alessandra Stanley, “Fishing for True Confessions by Dangling a Pot of Gold”, in New York Times

Origin

From semi- + whisper.

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APA

semiwhisper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semiwhisper

MLA

“semiwhisper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semiwhisper. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “semiwhisper,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semiwhisper.

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