WHISPERED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does whispered mean? 

• WHISPERED (adjective)
  The adjective WHISPERED has 1 sense:

1. spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords

  Familiarity information: WHISPERED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHISPERED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords

Context example:

a long whispered conversation

Similar:

hard; surd; unvoiced; voiceless (produced without vibration of the vocal cords)

 Context examples 

And, my dear! whispered Peggotty, tell the pretty little angel that I should so have liked to see her, only for a minute!

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

“Nay, nay, old friend,” whispered Sir Nigel.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Then she returned and whispered to us that there was a gentleman who had come with a message from Mr. Holmwood.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

"Look at that, Bill," Henry whispered.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

"Let's give it to him," whispered Laurie to Jo, who nodded and asked at once...

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

"Clever old dear, ain't he?" he whispered to me, and then louder to Challenger.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Draw down the blind, Jim, whispered my mother; they might come and watch outside.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

So it will walk all day, sir, whispered Poole; ay, and the better part of the night.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

"I wish you wouldn't smoke any more," she whispered.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

As Dorothy entered they looked at her curiously, and one of them whispered: Are you really going to look upon the face of Oz the Terrible?

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)