abounding in whispers or other quiet, mysterious sounds
dark, whispery streets
Word origin
[1825–35; whisper + -y1]This word is first recorded in the period 1825–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cliché, panda, runway, self-help, torque-y is a native English suffix of adjectives meaning “characterized by or inclined to”the substance or action of the word or stem to which the suffix is attached. Otherwords that use the affix -y include: dreamy, grouchy, juicy, rumbly
Examples of 'whispery' in a sentence
whispery
`May,' Ted called, in a sort of whispery shout, `we've agreed--'
Richard Francis PROSPECT HILL (2003)
It makes for something mystical and whispery.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
We'd done hundreds of little sketches that were really whispery.
The Sun (2007)
Instead, his whispery technique creates an atmosphere of unexpected intimacy.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Video game-style synth pads and detached whispery vocals abound.
The Sun (2012)
It was all a bit whispery and comatose.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
In a whispery, look-no-fastenings way.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Expect mystery and whispery northern delivery.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
And it has the immediate effect of increasing the whispery sense of mystery in his art.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
On the rare occasions that she did speak, her voice was said to be 'whispery, toneless as a sleepwalker's'.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It's as if the dimensions of an international airport had been visited on the intimate and whispery world of art.