Both Uses
audible
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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
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- The humming of the gnats that danced above the eddies of the stream, the beating of the dragon flies' wings, the strokes of the water spiders' legs, like oars which had lifted their boat—all these made audible music.†
*audible = capable of being heard
- He dug his fingers into the sand, threw it over himself in handfuls and audibly blessed it.†
audibly = in a manner that can be 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) 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."