— intelligibleness , n. — intelligibly , adv.
/in tel"i jeuh beuhl/ , adj.
1. capable of being understood; comprehensible; clear: an intelligible response.
2. Philos. apprehensible by the mind only; conceptual.
[ 1350-1400; ME intelligibilis, equiv. to intellig- (see INTELLIGENT) + -ibilis -IBLE ]
Syn. 1. distinct, lucid, coherent.