intelligible
adjective
capable of being understood; comprehensible; clear.
intelligibly
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a word derived from
intelligible.
Example Sentences
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Speech therapy continues, enabling her to speak intelligibly in a quiet room but with no sign she will recover the full lucidity of her natural voice.
From Seattle Times ● May 13, 2024
“Perhaps I could never succeed in intelligibly doing so,” Potter said.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 25, 2022
I’ve made a few voice memo recordings and had some calls with the 1000XM4s, and while the mics won’t give you pristine audio, your voice is reproduced clearly and intelligibly.
From The Verge ● Aug. 6, 2020
But the technologies it spotlights form multidimensional landscapes of risk and benefit that cannot be intelligibly parsed in such a way.
From Slate ● Jan. 23, 2020
It is as difficult to praise these drawings intelligibly to those who have not seen them, as it is unnecessary to enforce their charm on those who have.
From English Book-Illustration of To-day Appreciations of the Work of Living English Illustrators With Lists of Their Books by Rose Esther Dorothea Sketchley
