Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Full of whispers; whispering.
Wiktionary
- adj. Producing or resembling a whisper.
Etymologies
- whisper + -y (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Do you know, Mrs. Blythe "– Bruce dropped to a" whispery "tone, edging a little nearer to Anne –" what I would like to do to the Kaiser if I could? ”
“He sounded like he was gargling marbles but it was oddly musical and whispery.”
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“She gets Jackie's whispery tone down all right, but not her class.”
“The Stonehouse restaurant is the more formal of the two places to dine here the Angel and Plow is a more casual, rustic bar downstairs, but the ambience is full of laughter and romance, nothing stuffy or whispery here.”
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“They sang, their voices low and whispery, and the sound made me think of sunshine and ripe fruit and the muggy scent of a pond and warm grass.”
“Batman should sound gruff and scary. not all whispery and boring. again ... this mr. goldberg is a toolbag.”
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“Topped with fresh greens, it comes to the table on a bed of a whispery sauce.”
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“She immediately entered into song in the form of a whispery murmur turned into a seemingly wordless prayer.”
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“In a breathy voice that's a second cousin to the whispery speech of her husband's lover, Marilyn Monroe, she weaves a riveting tale.”
“Her thumbs skitter over the keypad and a thin cord leads to her ear, which makes whispery noises.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘whispery’.
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Descriptions of Sound
jingling, gurgling, horrisonous, horrisonant, crepitant, screeching, ringing, sonorous, clamorous, rattling, roaring, breathy and 71 more...
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The Medley of Me
A jumble of words, sometimes contradictory, that add up to me. I'll probably be adding to this list for some time, because I'm a very complex individual. ;P
male, long-haired, big-eyed, writer, artist, guitarist, songsmith, talespinner, pilot, wannabe barnstormer, gypsy, cuddlesome and 209 more...
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simple & useful2
nitwit, roguish, racketeering, mannerisms, aerialist, mangling, ineradicable, rickety, blatantly, libidinal, bungalow, axiomatic and 96 more...
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Kaichi's Wordie Darlings, or I'm a Lo...
persnickety, discombobulated, braggadoccio, anthropomorphous, antelucan, confluxible, anomalous, poseur, gallivant, poppycock, falderal, gewgaw and 705 more...
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Tickle My Ears!
Words used to describe one's voice.
low, high-pitched, deep, booming, lilting, whispery, hoarse, raspy, throaty, angelic, male, female and 38 more...
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Storytellers
Words that tell whole stories.. words that beg for poems to be written in their honour....
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