intelligible
adjective
capable of being understood; comprehensible; clear.
half-intelligible
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a word derived from
intelligible.
Example Sentences
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The moody background suits the Baltimore band's unhurried droning, murky German-rock propulsion and half-intelligible warbling.
From Chicago Tribune ● Jul. 14, 2012
"Look, monsieur!" she was saying gravely in her half-intelligible patois: "Look at Caroline's boots!"
From The Gadfly by E. L. (Ethel Lillian) Voynich
"It is not you, but your father, the patron, the man who owns this place, I want, but you can stop here and call him," he said in a half-intelligible muddle of Castilian and Portuguese.
From Long Odds by Harold Bindloss
There was a fine jolt that ran the length of the cars, followed by a clank of couplings and a half-intelligible call from the conductor.
From The Return of Peter Grimm Novelised From the Play by John Rae
I muttered some half-intelligible answer to this compliment, and my new acquaintance proceeded.
From Satanstoe by James Fenimore Cooper
