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Etymology
Etymology tree English intelligible Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English intelligibly From intelligible + -ly.
Meanings
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In an intelligible manner.
In order to state intelligibly the working hypothesis suggested by the foregoing facts, it will be necessary to briefly state the conclusions as to the formation of åsar and the determination of river courses reached by the senior author after a practically exhaustive survey of the cenology of the north-eastern quarter of Iowa.
2023, James D. Dana, Edward S. Dana, B. Silliman, The American Journal of Science: Vol. XXIV, page 221:When people can no longer disagree intelligibly, a society disintegrates; where they need interpreters, they cannot either unite or emerge from conflict into unbelittling compromise.
1997, Frederic Raphael, The necessity of anti-semitism, page 87:O my God, (euer conſtant to thine ovvne vvayes), thou haſt proceeded opẽly [openly], intelligibly, manifeſtly, by the book.
1624, John Donne, “IX. Expostulation”, in Deuotions upon Emergent Occasions, and Seuerall Steps in My Sicknes: […], London: […] A[ugustine] M[atthews] for Thomas Iones, →OCLC, page 217:Near-synonym: comprehensibly
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more intelligibly | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most intelligibly | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
incomprehensibly · unintelligibly
Relateds
understandably · legibly · illegibly · intelligently
Synonyms
Translations (4)
fi ymmärrettävästi (in an intelligible manner) · it intelligibilmente (in an intelligible manner) · es inteligiblemente (in an intelligible manner) · ca intel·ligiblement (in an intelligible manner)