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Definition of Hearable

1. Adjective. Heard or perceptible by the ear. "He spoke in an audible whisper"

Definition of Hearable

1. Adjective. That can be heard; audible ¹

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Definition of Hearable

1. hear [adj] - See also: hear

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hearable

Literary usage of Hearable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anastasius: Or, Memoirs of a Greek : Written at the Close of the 18th Century by Thomas Hope (1836)
"... hearable until I was half starved. This old friend now met me with a totally new face: for though he knew me to possess the amplest means, ..."

2. The Beginnings of Science, Biologically and Psychologically Considered by Edward John von Komorowski Menge (1918)
"All he must do is to know a logical and necessary CONCLUSION, without attempting to formulate this conclusion into some form that is seeable or hearable. ..."

3. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Leslie Stephen (1899)
"There is something new, fresh, and delicate about the little incident of the flower. It redeems Jenny, and renders that young prig Jessamy hearable. ..."

4. Music (1900)
"All are very modern, but all three are singable as well as playable; and hearable, too, it may be added. Modulation is very rarely employed so discreetly ..."

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