Hearably

//ˈhɪəɹəbli// adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Audibly, auditorily; discernable through hearing. especially, formal

    "On high sat the President imploring order, with his long hands put together as in prayer, and his lips visibly but not hearably speaking. At intervals he grasped his bell and swung it up and down with vigor, adding its keen clamor to the storm weltering there below."

Example

More examples

"On high sat the President imploring order, with his long hands put together as in prayer, and his lips visibly but not hearably speaking. At intervals he grasped his bell and swung it up and down with vigor, adding its keen clamor to the storm weltering there below."

Etymology

From hearable + -ly (adverbial suffix).

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