All 4 Uses
audible
in
Me Before You
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- Outside, the rain beat on the windowpanes, just audible over the clatter of plates and cutlery.†
p. 31.6 *audible = capable of being heard
- Will let out an audible sigh.†
p. 166.9
- "Even your own," Mrs. Traynor murmured, adding more audibly, "You look very smart, darling."†
p. 282.1audibly = in a manner that can be heard
- With an audible groan, I scrambled up to be sick again.†
p. 393.4audible = 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) 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."