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ˈunderbreath, n., a., and adv.
[under-1 9 b and under-2.]
1. n. A low subdued tone; a whisper.
1844Mrs. Browning Duchess May iii. x, I said in underbreath,—All our life is mixed with death. 1884H. R. Haweis Musical Life 175 All the point was taken out of it [a story] because I had to hurry over it and end in a guilty kind of underbreath.
b. Whispered rumour.
1880Meredith Tragic Com. ii, She heard things related of Alvan by the underbreath.
2. adj. Low-toned, whispered.
1853H. Lushington Italian War (1859) 259 Rather extravagant in his liberalism, and given to underbreath confessions of conspiracy. 1874Aylward in Manning Ess. Relig. & Lit. III. 106 The audience was greatly excited, and under-breath communications were made.
3. adv. In an undertone or whisper.
1865Swinburne Chastelard v. i. 177 Small broken oaths..And underbreath some praise of Ashtaroth Sighed laughingly. |