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- Pillsbury shouted something unintelligible, and Louie let go of his foot just as Pillsbury whirled his turret around to face the Zero.†
p. 83.1 *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.
- Guards stalked them, yelling unintelligibly.†
p. 148.3unintelligibly = in a manner that is not capable of being understoodstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unintelligibly means not and reverses the meaning of intelligibly. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
Definitions:
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(1)
(intelligible) capable of being understood
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)