Meaning & use
intelligible
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Able to be understood; clear enough in meaning or expression to be comprehended.
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Despite the poor phone connection, his instructions were still intelligible.
The professor's lecture notes were barely intelligible after years of hasty scribbling.
A note on using this word
Often used with a negative prefix, 'unintelligible,' which is at least as common in everyday speech as the positive form.
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understandablecomprehensible
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