hearably

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/ˈhɪəɹəbli/

adverb

Audibly, auditorily; discernable through hearing.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

adverbhearably (comparative more hearably, superlative most hearably)

comparative more hearably · superlative most hearably

  1. especiallyformalhuman sciencesAudibly, auditorily; discernable through hearing.

    By contrast, in (50), a hearably complete answer to a question that could have been referring to a similar information gap is continuation-receipted.

    1984, John Heritage, “A change-of-state token and aspects of its sequential placement”, in J. Maxwell Atkinson, John Heritage, editors, Structures of Social Action, New York: Cambridge University Press
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    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.

    1898 March 29, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], “Stirring Times in Austria”, in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, volume XCVI, number DLXXIV, New York: Harper and Brothers, page 534

    Case studies of three problematic NNS/NS calls from a collection of emergency service calls were conducted using a conversation analytic approach. These calls were selected from publicly available recordings which were made by callers who were hearably NNS of English.

    2022 April 18, Angela Cora Garcia, “Interactional challenges for non-native speakers of English in emergency telephone calls”, in Journal of Pragmatics, volume 193, Elsevier, →DOI, pages 222–234

Origin

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