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audibly

audibly

6 3.7
In a way that can be heard
  • adverb
  • /ˈɔːdəbli/
translation icon : audiblemente
  • In the Bible, God speaks audibly only to prophets such as Moses and saints such as Paul.
  • speak audibly

People keep saying, you know, put your clothes on and people are audibly distressed at what's going on.

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Examples

  • At the concert, the singer spoke audibly so everyone could hear her message.

  • "He likes everybody," said Georgia quite audibly.

  • Say it once, say clearly, audibly and move on from it.

  • And like, not audibly, but you know, in my spirit, I heard God say, I love you more than that.

  • And that was we got on the plane and the guy behind us, like audibly complained to us.

  • And I could audibly hear his jaw drop on the phone because what do you mean?

  • No!" The double doors into the suite, which tended to stick, were audibly opening.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • And it's just it's the it's the moment where everyone in the theater was kind of audibly weeping near me.

  • People keep saying, you know, put your clothes on and people are audibly distressed at what's going on.

  • Dennis, did you just sigh audibly?

Synonyms

loudly
vsaudibly
172 1.0

In a way that makes a lot of noise

is about being heard, not necessarily with high volume or noise
aloud
vsaudibly
114 1.0

In a voice that other people can hear

is capable of being heard whether spoken or not
perceptibly
vsaudibly
2 5.6

You can easily notice it

is specific to being heard rather than to any sense or general notice
aurally
vsaudibly
1 5.3

In a way you hear rather than see

is about being actually heard rather than relating to the sense of hearing
sonorously
vsaudibly
1 7.5

To make a deep, full sound that fills a room

is about simply being able to be heard without special tonal quality
auditorily
vsaudibly
  • Specialized
7.6

In a way that uses hearing

is about being able to be heard rather than about the hearing sense
resonantly
vsaudibly
5.5

In a way that makes a deep clear sound that fills a space and echoes

is about being able to be heard regardless of ringing or reverberation

Antonyms

2 6.3

So quietly that no one can hear

How Loud

deafeningly
1 4.4
loudly
172 1.0
audibly
6 3.7
softly
178 1.0
silently
129 1.2

Surface Forms

audibly positive

Morphology

audibly = audible (transparent) = audible + ly

Standard adverb formation from the adjective 'audible' with the productive suffix '-ly', yielding 'in a way that can be heard'.

Etymology

Audibly comes from the Latin part aud- meaning 'to hear' and the ending -ly, which makes a word mean 'in a ... way'. So, like audio or audible, audibly means 'in a way that can be heard'.