All 4 Uses
audible
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To Kill a Mockingbird
(Edited)
- 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) 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."