All 3 Uses of
audible
in
Frankenstein - 1831 version
- Sometimes she struggled with her tears, but when she was desired to plead, she collected her powers and spoke in an audible although variable voice.†
p. 84.7 *audible = capable of being heard
- He played a sweet mournful air which I perceived drew tears from the eyes of his amiable companion, of which the old man took no notice, until she sobbed audibly; he then pronounced a few sounds, and the fair creature, leaving her work, knelt at his feet.†
p. 110.9audibly = in a manner that can be heard
- The laughter died away, when a well-known and abhorred voice, apparently close to my ear, addressed me in an audible whisper, "I am satisfied, miserable wretch!†
p. 206.8audible = capable of being heard
Definitions:
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(1)
(audible as in: barely audible) capable of being heard
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
In football, the term has come to include an instruction shouted from the line of scrimmage.
Recently, the word is also being used to indicate sounds that could be played on a phone or computer; for example "audibles include creative hellos that can be downloaded."