diff --git a/pipenv/core.py b/pipenv/core.py
index 1f73ed38..db60ee94 100644
--- a/pipenv/core.py
+++ b/pipenv/core.py
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ def do_install_dependencies(
                 c.block()
             if "Ignoring" in c.out:
                 click.echo(crayons.yellow(c.out.strip()))
-            elif environments.PIPENV_VERBOSITY > 0:
+            elif environments.is_verbose():
                 click.echo(crayons.blue(c.out or c.err))
             # The Installation failed…
             if c.return_code != 0:
@@ -1105,7 +1105,7 @@ def do_purge(bare=False, downloads=False, allow_global=False):
         escape_grouped_arguments(which_pip(allow_global=allow_global)),
         " ".join(actually_installed),
     )
-    if environments.PIPENV_VERBOSITY > 0:
+    if environments.is_verbose():
         click.echo("$ {0}".format(command))
     c = delegator.run(command)
     if not bare:
@@ -1257,7 +1257,7 @@ def pip_install(
     from notpip._vendor.pyparsing import ParseException
     from .vendor.requirementslib import Requirement
 
-    if environments.PIPENV_VERBOSITY > 0:
+    if environments.is_verbose():
         click.echo(
             crayons.normal("Installing {0!r}".format(package_name), bold=True), err=True
         )
@@ -1351,13 +1351,13 @@ def pip_install(
         ),
         "sources": " ".join(prepare_pip_source_args(sources)),
         "src": src,
-        "verbose_flag": "--verbose" if environments.PIPENV_VERBOSITY > 0 else "",
+        "verbose_flag": "--verbose" if environments.is_verbose() else "",
         "install_reqs": install_reqs
     }
     pip_command = "{quoted_pip} install {pre} {src} {verbose_flag} {upgrade_strategy} {no_deps} {install_reqs} {sources}".format(
         **pip_args
     )
-    if environments.PIPENV_VERBOSITY > 0:
+    if environments.is_verbose():
         click.echo("$ {0}".format(pip_command), err=True)
     cache_dir = Path(PIPENV_CACHE_DIR)
     pip_config = {
@@ -1526,8 +1526,8 @@ def format_pip_output(out, r=None):
 def warn_in_virtualenv():
     # Only warn if pipenv isn't already active.
     pipenv_active = os.environ.get("PIPENV_ACTIVE")
-    if ((environments.PIPENV_USE_SYSTEM or environments.PIPENV_VIRTUALENV)
-            and not (pipenv_active or environments.PIPENV_VERBOSITY < 0)):
+    if ((environments.PIPENV_USE_SYSTEM or environments.PIPENV_VIRTUALENV) and
+            not (pipenv_active or environments.is_quiet())):
         click.echo(
             "{0}: Pipenv found itself running within a virtual environment, "
             "so it will automatically use that environment, instead of "
@@ -1976,7 +1976,7 @@ def do_uninstall(
         cmd = "{0} uninstall {1} -y".format(
             escape_grouped_arguments(which_pip(allow_global=system)), package_name
         )
-        if environments.PIPENV_VERBOSITY > 0:
+        if environments.is_verbose():
             click.echo("$ {0}".format(cmd))
         c = delegator.run(cmd)
         click.echo(crayons.blue(c.out))
@@ -2455,7 +2455,7 @@ def do_clean(
     # Remove known "bad packages" from the list.
     for bad_package in BAD_PACKAGES:
         if bad_package in installed_package_names:
-            if environments.PIPENV_VERBOSITY > 0:
+            if environments.is_verbose():
                 click.echo("Ignoring {0}.".format(repr(bad_package)), err=True)
             del installed_package_names[installed_package_names.index(bad_package)]
     # Intelligently detect if --dev should be used or not.
diff --git a/pipenv/environments.py b/pipenv/environments.py
index e3fd793e..e28400ac 100644
--- a/pipenv/environments.py
+++ b/pipenv/environments.py
@@ -189,6 +189,14 @@ if interactive.
 """
 
 
+def is_verbose(threshold=1):
+    return PIPENV_VERBOSITY >= threshold
+
+
+def is_quiet(threshold=-1):
+    return PIPENV_VERBOSITY <= threshold
+
+
 # Internal, support running in a different Python from sys.executable.
 PIPENV_PYTHON = os.environ.get("PIPENV_PYTHON")
 
diff --git a/pipenv/utils.py b/pipenv/utils.py
index f82f38e4..9cf62366 100644
--- a/pipenv/utils.py
+++ b/pipenv/utils.py
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ def actually_resolve_deps(
     pip_args = []
     if sources:
         pip_args = prepare_pip_source_args(sources, pip_args)
-    if environments.PIPENV_VERBOSITY > 0:
+    if environments.is_verbose():
         print("Using pip: {0}".format(" ".join(pip_args)))
     with NamedTemporaryFile(
         mode="w",
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ def actually_resolve_deps(
         constraints_file, finder=pypi.finder, session=pypi.session, options=pip_options
     )
     constraints = [c for c in constraints]
-    if environments.PIPENV_VERBOSITY > 0:
+    if environments.is_verbose():
         logging.log.verbose = True
         piptools_logging.log.verbose = True
     resolved_tree = set()
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ def venv_resolve_deps(
         escape_grouped_arguments(which("python", allow_global=allow_global)),
         resolver,
         "--pre" if pre else "",
-        "--verbose" if (environments.PIPENV_VERBOSITY > 0) else "",
+        "--verbose" if (environments.is_verbose()) else "",
         "--clear" if clear else "",
         "--system" if allow_global else "",
     )
@@ -368,13 +368,13 @@ def venv_resolve_deps(
     try:
         assert c.return_code == 0
     except AssertionError:
-        if environments.PIPENV_VERBOSITY > 0:
+        if environments.is_verbose():
             click_echo(c.out, err=True)
             click_echo(c.err, err=True)
         else:
             click_echo(c.err[(int(len(c.err) / 2) - 1):], err=True)
         sys.exit(c.return_code)
-    if environments.PIPENV_VERBOSITY > 0:
+    if environments.is_verbose():
         click_echo(c.out.split("RESULTS:")[0], err=True)
     try:
         return json.loads(c.out.split("RESULTS:")[1].strip())
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ def resolve_deps(
                         collected_hashes.append(release["digests"]["sha256"])
                     collected_hashes = ["sha256:" + s for s in collected_hashes]
                 except (ValueError, KeyError, ConnectionError):
-                    if environments.PIPENV_VERBOSITY > 0:
+                    if environments.is_verbose():
                         click_echo(
                             "{0}: Error generating hash for {1}".format(
                                 crayons.red("Warning", bold=True), name