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
But even in Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares, Middle Eastern makams press audibly against Byzantine chant and Western diatonic systems.
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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
The siblings rocked back and forth as the theater erupted into more cheers, with several audience members audibly swooning over the tender moment.
—Sarah Jones, PEOPLE, 27 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
On The View today, moderator Whoopi Goldberg started the show by sharing news of Redford’s death with an audibly surprised audience, then led a panel discussion about favorite movies from the actor’s career.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2025
Whoopi Goldberg broke news of Robert Redford's death to The View audience in real time, with studio audience members audibly gasping as the Oscar-winning actress informed that the 89-year-old Hollywood icon died earlier Tuesday at his home in Utah.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for audibly
aloud
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Adams also left a statement as a sort of coda, written New Year’s Day and read aloud Tuesday by his ex-wife, that noted his body had failed him but his mind had not.—
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Rickey was the life of the party — and was looking forward to attending prom at the time he was murdered, his mother, Latasha Ferguson, said in a letter read aloud by a victim advocate.—
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“Audibly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/audibly. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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