English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
semi- + whisper
semiwhisper (plural semiwhispers)
- A low voice close to a whisper.
2008 January 25, Alessandra Stanley, “Fishing for True Confessions by Dangling a Pot of Gold”, in New York Times[1]:Her friend April turned to her and asked in a semiwhisper, “Is it worth $100,000 to learn that?”