Example:
“Look,” […] said Anna, pointing forward.
At first thought of mutter but mutter implies dissatisfaction or irritation. Then I tried murmur, however, it's more a continous sound so it doesn't fit the sentence very well.
Is there a word for saying something brief with a low voice?
Best Answer
The word mumble comes to mind.
You could use it this way:
In comments from Erik, mumbling a single word may seem a bit unnatural. There is an idiom of saying something under one's breath, which is used to indicate something being said very quietly. This idiom is difficult to use in your context, but Erik suggested breathed, which I take to mean the word is mouthed and the sound of the word is pushed out with air from the lungs, but the vocal cords aren't really moving. (The second definition from Merriam-Webster simply puts "voiceless".)