intelligibility
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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
His chief aim in writing was plainness and intelligibility, but his want of order and logical precision thwarted his purpose.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various
