All 4 Uses of
audible
in
To Kill a Mockingbird
- Jem's lips moved, but his, "Yes sir," was inaudible.
p. 119.5 *inaudible = not capable of being heardstandard 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.
- Atticus said something inaudible.
p. 165.7
- There will be no more audibly obscene speculations on any subject from anybody in this courtroom as long as I'm sitting here.
p. 196.2audibly = capable of being heard
- When Mr. Tate spoke again his voice was barely audible.
p. 315.9
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."