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Adverb: sotto voce  ,só-tow'vow-chee [N. Amer], 'só-tow'vó-chey [Brit]
  1. In a quiet voice, as if not to be overheard
    "he uttered a curse sotto voce"

Encyclopedia: Sotto voce