intelligibility
Example Sentences
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Much of it was lost to the audience, since reverberant amplification gave heroic heft to Blanchett’s voice at the cost of intelligibility.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026
He long ago left behind intelligibility, at least in the conventional sense.
From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2023
She could identify that it's not just the jackhammer per se, but it's when someone is whispering something just outside a range of intelligibility.
From Salon ● May 29, 2022
But like most palindromes, Tenet prizes reversibility over intelligibility: The point of “Able was I ere I saw Elba” is that it reads the same both ways, not that it teaches you anything.
From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2020
The principal requisites of Letters of Business are, intelligibility, legibility, and brevity.
From The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews by Henry Lunettes
