speaks very softly (8)
I believe the answer is:
whispers
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">speaks very softly</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for whispers that I've seen before include "Breaths words rather than voices them" , "Speaks very softly" , "Secret messages" , "Speaks soft and low" , "misconstrued by Chinese?" .)