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
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
Thus, with training, the autistic child might progress from learning a simple task like sitting quietly in a chair to more difficult ones like making eye contact and, ultimately, speaking freely and intelligibly.
From New York Times ● Aug. 23, 2010
Exaggeration prevented the backslider from applying the description to himself; and as the way to reformation was neither intelligibly nor mildly pointed out, he was rather irritated than corrected.
From The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Volume I (of 3) by John Knowles
