All 6 Uses of
intelligible
in
Mansfield Park
- She knew that Mr. Yates was in general thought to rant dreadfully; that Mr. Yates was disappointed in Henry Crawford; that Tom Bertram spoke so quick he would be unintelligible; that Mrs. Grant spoiled everything by laughing; that Edmund was behindhand with his part, and that it was misery to have anything to do with Mr. Rushworth, who was wanting a prompter through every speech.†
Chpt 18
- He had known many disagreeable fathers before, and often been struck with the inconveniences they occasioned, but never, in the whole course of his life, had he seen one of that class so unintelligibly moral, so infamously tyrannical as Sir Thomas.†
Chpt 20
- Henry was most happy to make it more intelligible, by beginning at an earlier stage, and explaining very particularly what he had done.†
Chpt 31 *
- With thanks for the honour of your note, I remain, dear Miss Crawford, etc., etc." The conclusion was scarcely intelligible from increasing fright, for she found that Mr. Crawford, under pretence of receiving the note, was coming towards her.†
Chpt 31
- To Fanny, however, who had known too much opposition all her life to find any charm in it, all this was unintelligible.†
Chpt 33
- She had met him, he said, with a serious—certainly a serious—even an agitated air; but before he had been able to speak one intelligible sentence, she had introduced the subject in a manner which he owned had shocked him.†
Chpt 47
Definition:
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(intelligible) capable of being understood