intelligible
adjective
capable of being understood; comprehensible; clear.
semi-intelligible
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a word derived from
intelligible.
Example Sentences
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That he remembered nearly all the lyrics and sang in a semi-intelligible manner equated to a pleasant surprise.
From Chicago Tribune ● Mar. 4, 2011
And has, alone of them, gone over the whole world; being withal amusing to read, and therefore well and widely remembered, in that mendacious and semi-intelligible state.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 16 by Thomas Carlyle
No doubt patients appear to resume consciousness after an anæsthetic and even mutter semi-intelligible words and recognize familiar faces.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 1157, March 5, 1898 by Various
