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Definition
capable of being understood
- "Miss Wilcox is up—" the child whispered, and then became unintelligible.Chapter 26 (11% in)
- 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.Chapter 4 (62% in)
- They say one ought to be at all costs intelligible, and sacrifice—Chapter 17 (85% in)
There are no more uses of "intelligible" in Howards End.
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