undervoice

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undervoice

/ˈʌndə(ɹ)ˌvɔɪs/
/ˌʌndə(ɹ)ˈvɔɪs/

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From under- + voice.

noun undervoices

A low or quiet voice. Her sensations were indefinable, and so were they a few minutes afterwards upon hearing Henry Crawford, who had a chair between herself and Tom, ask the latter in an under voice whether there were any plan for resuming the play after the present happy interruption […]

verb undervoices · undervoicing · undervoiced

transitive To voice too weakly. Consequently, the danger for Dutch learners of English is undervoicing the English lenis fricatives rather than the reverse.
transitive To make a quieter or background sound beneath. Undervoicing the flame, there was the popping of hollow weed stalks, the tinkle of woody stems crisping and falling in coals.

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@misc{undervoice_2026,
  title = {undervoice},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/undervoice},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}