adj.; lucidity, comprehensibility, perspicuity; legibility, plain
speaking &c (manifestation) 525; precision &c 494; phonanta synetoisy
[Gr.]; a word to the wise.
V. be intelligible &c adj.; speak for itself, speak volumes; tell its
own tale, lie on the surface.
render intelligible &c adj.; popularize, simplify, clear up;
elucidate &c (explain) 522.
understand, comprehend, take, take in; catch, grasp, follow,
collect, master, make out; see with half an eye, see daylight, see
one's way; enter into the ideas of; come to an understanding.
Adj. intelligible; clear, clear as day, clear as noonday; lucid;
perspicuous, transpicuous†; luminous, transparent.
easily understood, easy to understand, for the million,
intelligible to the meanest capacity, popularized.
plain, distinct, explicit; positive; definite &c (precise) 494.
graphic; expressive &c (meaning) 516; illustrative &c
(explanatory) 522.
unambiguous, unequivocal, unmistakable &c (manifest) 525;
unconfused; legible, recognizable; obvious &c 525.
Adv. in plain terms, in plain words, in plain English.
Phr. he that runs may read &c (manifest) 525.