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comprehensibly

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com⋅pre⋅hen⋅si⋅ble

  [kom-pri-hen-suh-buhl]
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–adjective
capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
Also, com⋅pre⋅hend⋅i⋅ble  [kom-pri-hen-duh-buhl] .

Origin:
1520–30; < L comprehēnsibilis. See comprehension, -ible

Related forms:
com⋅pre⋅hen⋅si⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, com⋅pre⋅hen⋅si⋅ble⋅ness, noun
com⋅pre⋅hen⋅si⋅bly, adverb
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com·pre·hen·si·ble   (kŏm'prĭ-hěn'sə-bəl)   
adj.  Readily comprehended or understood; intelligible.

[Latin comprehēnsibilis, from comprehēnsus, past participle of comprehendere, to comprehend; see comprehend.]
com'pre·hen'si·bil'i·ty n., com'pre·hen'si·bly adv.
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