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
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
I appreciated its intelligibility and, from where I stood, its edge.
From New York Times • Oct. 5, 2021
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
An advisory discussion outside, too low-voiced for intelligibility, ended in a fourth demand for admittance, knuckled to carry to the rear of the house and waken any sleeper within.
From Lonesome Town by Dorrance, Ethel
