Both Uses of
audible
in
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
- The snow creaked audibly underfoot as he approached the door.†
audibly = in a manner that can be heard
- The signal for the roll call was barely audible through the double-paned, frostblurred windows.
*audible = 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."