‘Assuming these board scores are accurate reflectors of true capacity in this case,’ Academic Affairs says, his high voice serious and sotto,[…] 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 7:
The twelve string rings out but Jimi’s voice is sotto, intimate. 2008, David Henderson, ‛Scuse Me While I Kiss the Sky: Jimi Hendrix, Voodoo Child, page 192:
Playing against the effect, Wood plays single sotto lines with a variation on the key that sustains a minor mode against the finely tuned feedback effects stroked in pinks against the upper canvas. 1978–81, David Henderson, ‛Scuse Me While I Kiss the Sky: The Life of Jimi Hendrix (1983), page 237
sotto en · ADV
Pronunciation
/ˈsɒtəʊ/ (UK)
[ˈsotːo] (UK)
/ˈsəʊtəʊ/ (UK)
Etymology
Ellipsis of sotto voce.
Meanings
(abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, not-comparable) Ellipsis of sotto voce.
Jimi’s guitar plays flat against the major chord, giving a strange, almost discordant effect. Mitch on drums is behind the bass sotto. 1978–81, David Henderson, ‛Scuse Me While I Kiss the Sky: The Life of Jimi Hendrix (1983), page 104
Wolowitz: Énchanté, mademoiselle. Howard Wolowitz, Cal Tech department of applied physics. You may be familiar with some of my work – – it’s currently toodling around the surface of Mars.
Penny: Hi. Penny.
Wolowitz: You smell wonderful. What is that scent you’re wearing?
Penny: It’s called b.o.
Wolowitz: Ah. Hence the shower, of course. Leonard, where have you been hiding this one? She’s charming.
Sheldon: (SOTTO, TO LEONARD) Oh, he’s good. 2006 October 2nd, Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, The Big Bang Theory, “Pilot”, screenplay (revised first draft), act one, scene A (page 27)