as in aloud
with one's normal voice speaking the words
don't mumble your lines—speak audibly so the audience can hear you
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Recent Examples of audibly
The officer whose bodycam recorded the shooting audibly sighed after the gunshot.
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Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2026
In the background, the person filming reacted audibly to what had happened.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 15 Jan. 2026
But even in Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares, Middle Eastern makams press audibly against Byzantine chant and Western diatonic systems.
—Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 21 Dec. 2025
After a Friday court hearing, in which Judge Eric Geffon said approving the agreement exceeded his authority under a 2022 law change, Tony LoBue and his sister Marie audibly exhaled.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 6 Dec. 2025
Members of his family seated in the gallery audibly gasped and broke down in tears as Cole entered the courtroom and sat down next to his attorney, John Shoreman.
—Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 5 Dec. 2025
Trump spoke before guests at the Rose Garden, with Gobble gobbling audibly throughout the ceremony.
—Ryan Mancini, The Hill, 25 Nov. 2025
The courtroom was full Wednesday of investigators involved over the decades and the extensive Watson family, some of whom cried audibly through the proceedings.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 6 Nov. 2025
But for that swing to be such a huge whiff, and then to be on stage playing your own protagonist while the excitement of the audience audibly wanes around you for two laborious hours … That’s rough, buddy.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2026
In the background, the person filming reacted audibly to what had happened.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 15 Jan. 2026
But even in Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares, Middle Eastern makams press audibly against Byzantine chant and Western diatonic systems.
—Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 21 Dec. 2025
After a Friday court hearing, in which Judge Eric Geffon said approving the agreement exceeded his authority under a 2022 law change, Tony LoBue and his sister Marie audibly exhaled.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 6 Dec. 2025
Members of his family seated in the gallery audibly gasped and broke down in tears as Cole entered the courtroom and sat down next to his attorney, John Shoreman.
—Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 5 Dec. 2025
Trump spoke before guests at the Rose Garden, with Gobble gobbling audibly throughout the ceremony.
—Ryan Mancini, The Hill, 25 Nov. 2025
The courtroom was full Wednesday of investigators involved over the decades and the extensive Watson family, some of whom cried audibly through the proceedings.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 6 Nov. 2025
But for that swing to be such a huge whiff, and then to be on stage playing your own protagonist while the excitement of the audience audibly wanes around you for two laborious hours … That’s rough, buddy.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for audibly
aloud
Adverb
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The co-hosts wondered aloud whether or not Brooklyn should have aired his grievances toward his family so openly.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
21 Jan. 2026
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Sarah Thomas, the synagogue’s first vice president, read an address by Rabbi Rick Jacobs, the URJ’s president, aloud during the service.—
Grace Gilson,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Jan. 2026
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“Audibly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/audibly. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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