whispery.

Soft, breathy, and barely voiced.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• a whispery voice
• a whispery tone

On the page

Her whispery voice became almost inaudible beneath the ventilation hum.

Usage notes

Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Comparative more whispery; superlative most whispery when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description. Commonness: moderately common.