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intelligible

adjective as in understandable

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Maybe this is The Matrix (the first one that was faintly intelligible) after all.

Koon: His arms were at his side and the first words that were intelligible that I heard him audible at that time.

With time, the fierceness and the collective sweetness that underscored it grew more intelligible.

The matron expressed her entire concurrence in this intelligible simile, and the beadle went on.

These words represent nothing; they describe nothing; but a gesture makes them intelligible.

A correct appreciation of these various 'movements' of the Complaint makes the poem much more intelligible.

I wish to present what is ascertained and intelligible rather than what is ingenious and obscure.

He remained in this condition for twenty-seven hours, and during that time his speech was indistinct but intelligible.

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On this page you'll find 49 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to intelligible, such as: comprehensible, apprehensible, clear, distinct, fathomable, and graspable.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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