All 3 Uses
intelligible
in
Breaking Dawn, by Meyer
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- "I do," I managed to choke out in a nearly unintelligible whisper, blinking my eyes clear so I could see his face.†
Book 1 *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.
- Suddenly, Kaure was shouting at him—loudly, furiously, her unintelligible words flying across the room like knives.†
Book 1
- My dad mumbled something unintelligible.†
Book 3
Definitions:
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(1)
(intelligible) capable of being understood
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)