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audible
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audible as in:  barely audible

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  • The pilot's words were a hiss, barely audible.  (source)
    audible = capable of being heard
  • It was hardly audible.  (source)
  • When Mr. Tate spoke again his voice was barely audible.  (source)
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  • His breathing was audible, like a light snore.  (source)
    audible = capable of being heard
  • The prince's voice was almost inaudible.  (source)
    inaudible = unable to be heard
    standard prefix: The prefix "in-" in inaudible means not and reverses the meaning of audible. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
  • I gasped audibly.  (source)
    audibly = in a manner that can be heard
  • The enemy had discovered her, and called out in a very cheerful and persuasive tone, "Halloa, little girl, how far is it to the road?" and trembling Sylvia answered almost inaudibly, "A good ways."  (source)
    inaudibly = so quietly it almost couldn't be heard
    standard prefix: The prefix "in-" in inaudibly means not and reverses the meaning of audibly. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
  • Realizing that the elements of the comedy were implied in the scene, Dexter several times began to laugh, but each time restrained the laugh before it reached audibility.  (source)
    audibility = a loudness capable of being heard
  • Drew, no audibles. I don't want to see the ball in the air unless I call for a pass play.  (source)
    audibles = instructions shouted at the line of scrimmage
  • Somewhere a klaxon's scream thinned to inaudibility.†  (source)
    inaudibility = the state of being too quiet to hear
    standard prefix: The prefix "in-" in inaudibility means not and reverses the meaning of audibility. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
  • The marble game was barely audible, but the ragball players behind the church were loud and clear, and it took all my concentration to go on with my work.  (source)
    audible = capable of being heard
  • "I was just finishing a castle of building bricks with the infants when Herr Schuld came and gave me my notice," she said finally in a small, almost inaudible voice.†  (source)
    inaudible = not capable of being heard
  • She is calling barely audibly.  (source)
    audibly = loud enough to be heard
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