library voice
Quiet indoor speaking
A library voice is the quiet, hushed tone used in settings where loud speech would disturb others.
Parents and teachers invoke it when shushing children: Use your library voice.
The phrase evokes libraries as places requiring near-silence, though modern libraries have relaxed considerably.
- whisperSpeech without full voice
- speak softlyVocalize at low volume
- shushCommand for silence
- sotto voceIn an undertone
- behavioral normsExpected patterns of conduct
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- whisperswhisper, whispering, hushed tone, murmurs, murmur
- hush commandsshh, shhh, ssh, hush up, be silent
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