All 6 Uses of
audible
in
The Lords of Discipline
- It's good to have an expert in deficiency rooming with us," Mark murmured almost inaudibly.†
Chpt 1.15inaudibly = so quietly it almost couldn't be heardstandard prefix: The prefix "in-" in inaudibly means not and reverses the meaning of audibly. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
- Bo muttered in a trembling, barely audible voice, nervously searching the room for allies.†
Chpt 3.30 *audible = capable of being heard
- When we finally spoke, our voices seemed to violate the soundless scrimmage between the inaudible purr of the river and the green emergence of the gardens.†
Chpt 4.34inaudible = 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.
- "No, sir:" Pearce answered, though his voice was barely audible.†
Chpt 4.38audible = capable of being heard
- I'm sorry for everything," Tradd said in a barely audible voice.†
Chpt 4.41
- Before I could respond, Pig angrily muttered a slurred, barely audible word that caused every eye in the room to fix on him in amazement.†
Chpt 4.41
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."