under one's breath en · ADP
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(of something said) Softly, so as not to be heard.
Then of a sudden she was kissing and fondling instead of fighting me off, laughing under her breath and using a few horny words I didn't know at that time
2015, Edgar Pangborn, Edgar Pangborn SF Gateway Omnibus:As I prepared myself by putting my Keds back on (I still take my shoes off at any opportunity), my mom mumbled something under her breath at my dad.
2022, Jenny Pentland, This Will Be Funny Later: A Memoir, New York, N.Y.: Harper, →ISBN, page 59:“Here she go lookin’ like a straight up dirty coochie having hoochie gettin’ all the play,” Quanisha mumbled under her breath jealously.
2006, J. Gail, Karma’s a Bitch, page 136:
Synonyms
underneath one's breath · sotto voce
Translations (15)
es entre dientes (softly) · de leise (softly) · fr dans sa barbe (softly) · fr entre ses dents (softly) · it sotto voce (softly) · ru под нос (softly) · es en voz baja (softly) · fi puoliääneen (softly) · pl pod wąsem (softly) · es entredientes (softly) · hy քթի տակ (softly) · fr à voix basse (softly) · zdj ha mbapvi (softly) · it a bassa voce (softly) · pl pod nosem (softly)