All 3 Uses of
intelligible
in
Howards End
- Temperance, tolerance, and sexual equality were intelligible cries to them; whereas they did not follow our Forward Policy in Tibet with the keen attention that it merits, and would at times dismiss the whole British Empire with a puzzled, if reverent, sigh.†
Part 4intelligible = capable of being understood
- They say one ought to be at all costs intelligible, and sacrifice—†
Part 17
- "Miss Wilcox is up—" the child whispered, and then became unintelligible.†
Part 26 *unintelligible = not capable of being understoodstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unintelligible means not and reverses the meaning of intelligible. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.