he was almost inaudible

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• almost — • During the next week Morel s temper was almost unbearable D. H. Lawrence, 1913. Almost has a special role in diluting or ‘downgrading’ adjectives and adverbs that express an extreme, as if the user wants to keep the notion at arm s length or to …   Modern English usage

• inaudible — adj. VERBS ▪ be ▪ become ADVERB ▪ totally ▪ almost, nearly, virtually …   Collocations dictionary

• inaudible — [[t]ɪnɔ͟ːdɪb(ə)l[/t]] ADJ If a sound is inaudible, you are unable to hear it. His voice was almost inaudible... Animals are able to hear high pitched sounds that are inaudible to humans. Ant: audible …   English dictionary

• inaudible — in|au|di|ble [ ın ɔdəbl ] adjective difficult or impossible to hear: He lowered his voice still further, until it was almost inaudible. ╾ in|au|di|bly adverb: I can do it, she mumbled almost inaudibly …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• inaudible — UK [ɪnˈɔːdəb(ə)l] / US [ɪnˈɔdəb(ə)l] adjective difficult or impossible to hear He lowered his voice still further, until it was almost inaudible. Derived word: inaudibly adverb I can do it, she mumbled almost inaudibly …   English dictionary

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