intelligiblenessn.

1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Intelligibilita, intelligiblenesse.

1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness i. i. 2 Intelligibleness adds this further requisite also to a Mystery, that it thereby becomes Communicable to such as are fitly prepared to be instructed therein.

1698 S. Clarke Scripture-justif. xvi. 85 Because of the commodiousness, coherence, consistence, intelligibleness and smoothness thereof.

a1732 W. Stephens Serm. Several Subj. (1737) I. v. 107 In handling this Subject, (the Clearness and Intelligibleness of Scripture), I shall make use of the following Method.

1766 W. Bell Def. of Revelation viii. 141 Does their intelligibleness, or obscurity, depend upon our knowing from whence they came?

1848 J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare Guesses at Truth 2nd Ser. (ed. 2) 228 The primary requisite of a style is its intelligibleness: that is to say, it must be capable of being understood.

1872 Scribner's Monthly Feb. 503/2 She has not the..dramatic power of Miss Evans; the intelligibleness and progressive story-telling skill of Miss Muloch; the artistic perfection..of Mrs. Stowe.

1920 Wilson Bull. 32 142 The one lovely, specific name..is the one element in the entire concatenation that could afford one scintilla of intelligibleness to the non-classical student.

1959 Jrnl. Philos. 56 199 Some order of pure intelligibleness against which are measured the less than pure human accomplishments.

2002 L. Downing in S. M. Nadler Compan. to Early Mod. Philos. 345 A primary virtue is intelligibleness or clearness. Boyle maintains that endless scholastic disputes about substantial forms..exhibit their unclarity.