ppl. a. [f. prec. + -ED1.]
1. Uttered, said or told in a whisper.
1567. Gude & Godlie B. (S.T.S.), 201. The quhisperit sinnis, callit eir Confessioun.
1746. Cawthorn, Poems (1771), 59. The whisper’d tale.
1821. T. W. Hill, Sel. Papers (1860), 26. Making the whispered z serve … for an unwhispered s.
1848. Mrs. Gaskell, Mary Barton, xvi. A whispered earnest consultation took place.
1890. Sweet, Primer Spoken Engl., 1. In whispered sounds [the vocal chords] are brought closer together, but without vibration.
2. Said or reported quietly or secretly; (with negative) uttered ever so slightly.
1605. Shaks., Lear, II. i. 8. You haue heard of the newes abroad, I meane the whisper’d ones.
1748. Richardson, Clarissa (1768), V. 35. Like a whispered scandal, it passed through several canals.
1897. Seddon, in Daily News, 4 June, 5/6. There is not even a whispered suggestion of repealing it.
