Spoke softly or indistinctly (8)

I believe the answer is:

murmured

'spoke softly or indistinctly' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for murmured that I've seen before include "Spoke softly or indistinctly" , "Was grumbling" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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