Both Uses
audible
in
Persuasion, by Jane Austen
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- "Only think of Elizabeth's including everybody!" whispered Mary very audibly.†
Chpt 22 *audibly = in a manner that can be heard
- Mrs Musgrove was giving Mrs Croft the history of her eldest daughter's engagement, and just in that inconvenient tone of voice which was perfectly audible while it pretended to be a whisper.†
Chpt 23audible = capable of being heard
Definitions:
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(1)
(audible as in: barely audible) capable of being heard
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(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."