indoor voices
Library-appropriate volume levels
Indoor voices refers to speaking at a lower volume appropriate for enclosed spaces, as opposed to shouting or yelling.
The phrase is most often directed at children: Use your indoor voices, please.
It extends to any request for quieter speech in situations where loud talk would disturb others or seem inappropriate.
- soft-spokenSpeaking quietly, gently
- quietLacking in sound
- murmurSoft, indistinct continuous sound
- hushedReduced to silence
- whisperSpeech without full voice
softly · hush hush · classrooms · gentle · subdued · self-control · unobtrusive · good behavior · manners · speaks · decorum · silenced · etiquette · civility · low-pitched · restrained · shhh · keep it down
- mannersetiquette, manners, polite, rude, politeness
- library rulesreturn policy, food rules, due dates, late fees, renewals
indoor voicesrowdiness
Noisy, disorderly behavior
boisterousness · letting loose · outdoor voices · making a scene · raucousness
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