Her voice was clipped.

An extreme form of RP - if you can watch an old black and white movie from England the chances are that the accents will be 'clipped'. Very old fashioned, I'm sure a few people still speak it (perhaps the queen and Prince Charles are examples) but rather odd sounding now.

Thank you nona,

But the context is different. Is it possible that it means she uttered with difficulty?

Not usually. What is the context?

Dear friends,

It is most curious, no?

I have heard «a clipped accent». I have not heard «a clipped voice».

Kind regards,

The women whose sister was killed is a detective who is working on th e case. Her colleague asks her: So we are looking for the same guy on both." Her voice was clipped. "Looks that way."

Maybe it relates to this definition of "clip":

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AnonymousThe women whose sister was killed is a detective who is working on th e case. Her colleague asks her: So we are looking for the same guy on both." Her voice was clipped. "Looks that way."

Dear sir,

It is not accent then.

Yes Pieanne,I think you're on the right track!

Then again, it is said here: her VOICE was clipped, not her ANSWER. So it must be a quality of the voice, as goldmund suggested.

From When Shankland Comes by Agnes Owens:

"When finally her turn came, she asked for bread, potatoes and half a pound of sausages in a clipped voice. But this didn't prevent the storekeeper informing her that Dennett had just been in to cash his giro."

Now, the character had just had an altercation with her boss's wife and was quite upset when she got in the store,