whispering
noun
whispered talk or conversation.
whisperingly
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a word derived from
whispering.
Example Sentences
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“Alfie” is whisperingly intimate, with Kirk concentrating on just the tenor, and taking his place in the continuum of master balladeers like Ben Webster and Don Byas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 1, 2026
Elaine de Kooning was widely if whisperingly accused of taking lovers who could help her husband’s career, but it seems that she was able to serve her own reputation, too.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 1, 2018
In one of the play’s funnier sequences Alan and Ronnie recall how she had whisperingly confided that Carol had a mean case of trichinosis.
From New York Times ● Sep. 28, 2011
Directors or actors who failed to make the expected impact in Hollywood would be whisperingly dismissed as box-fodder.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 23, 2011
Occasionally some one would whisperingly question whether Mrs. Burton would continue her bounty to Gerry when the Camp Fire holidays were over; yet no one had sufficiently bad taste to make this inquiry.
From The Camp Fire Girls Behind the Lines by Margaret O'Bannon Womack Vandercook
