intelligible

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Intelligible and far from salacious, it manages to denounce pollution and corruption without invoking Mao Tse-tung.

From Time Magazine Archive

Intelligible conversation was, of course, impossible, but King soon realized that the visitors were not enemies.

From Spacehounds of IPC by Smith, E. E. (Edward Elmer)

And from this Notion of it, we may easily give a more Intelligible reason how the Air becomes so capable of Rarefaction and Condensation.

From Micrographia Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses with Observations and Inquiries Thereupon by Hooke, Robert

What Trade or Calling 'tis I follow, the knowledge of which, will make that I shall afterwards relate, the more Intelligible to you.

From The London-Bawd: With Her Character and Life Discovering the Various and Subtle Intrigues of Lewd Women by Anonymous

Well, Friar John, I'll take my oath, This oracle is full of troth; Intelligible truth it bears, More certain than the sieve and shears.

From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5 by Motteux, Peter Anthony