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Meanings of speak intelligibly in English

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Usage of speak intelligibly in English
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Janice was so excited she could scarcely speak intelligibly for a minute.
Janice Day, the Young Homemaker
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On the following Tuesday, towards evening, he was no longer able to speak intelligibly.
Macmillan's Reading Books. Book V
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The man himself, even when he learned to speak intelligibly, could tell us very little.
Amy Foster
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I would speak intelligibly: my mind has gone.
Diana of the Crossways — Volume 4
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It seemed so easy to find out who the fellow was, now that he could speak intelligibly.
A Tale of a Lonely Parish
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In other words, to speak intelligibly, Ellen did in no wise disappoint her brother's wishes, nor he hers.
The Wide, Wide World
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Some could only walk in a shuffling gait, and could not speak intelligibly, read or write, count, or recognise numbers.
News.com.au
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Where's your well-mannered deceiver gone, child?-saysshe.-SaidI, When your ladyship is pleased to speak intelligibly, I shall know how to answer.
Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded
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I pulled on my clothes as fast as I could, and then went up to her to console her, but she could not speak intelligibly.
Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2
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Indeed, his teeth were chattering too much for him to speak intelligibly, when he tried to tell Rachel to rest and not think of him.
The Clever Woman of the Family
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And they rarely spoke intelligibly, except in response to a direct question.
The Forever War
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She did not answer; but Douglas succeeded, after a few efforts, in speaking intelligibly.
The Irrational Knot / Being the Second Novel of His Nonage
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She never recovered her senses, never spoke intelligibly from the time she entered the house.
"My Novel" — Volume 06
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But I couldn't have spoken intelligibly just then.
The Best Short Stories of 1921, and the Yearbook of the American...
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All right, maybe somebody knows something, but no one who is talking about it publicly is speaking intelligibly.
Reuters
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' Speak intelligibly, and don't drum on my ear with that hybrid language,' rejoined the margravine.
The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Volume 4
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Speak intelligibly across language varieties
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