Definition of legible
1 : capable of being read or deciphered : plain legible handwriting
2 : capable of being discovered or understood murder sweltered in his heart and was legible upon his face — Thomas Wolfe
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Examples of legible in a Sentence
The document is not legible.
an anxious mood that was clearly legible upon her face
Recent Examples of legible from the Web
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Here, the more legible parts confer ceremonial dignity on the undignified rite of the blind-ish date, but the sequences don’t accrete into anything much.
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Rose, his wife, is the instrument by which Troy’s salvation and damnation are made legible, and Viola Davis gives a staggering performance.
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The numerals are highly legible and the date window is neatly tucked up at 6 o’clock.
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In 2016, the country once again stands at a crossroads, the dark magic of finance capitalism having replaced the more legible abuses of industrial capitalism.
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The line of the back of the legs became much more legible and the young man grew taller by an inch.
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The extremes of the lively lace section start with an 1870 Irish wedding dress hand-crocheted in cream-color cotton that is abloom with rather legible flowers.
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Five Moleskine notebooks packed cover to cover with watercolor images, ink drawings, and Kirk’s incredibly legible handwriting—basically what all biology textbooks should look like.
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What the project does is make blatantly legible a carbon footprint that is invisible, and only exists in the form of numbers and specifics and news.
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Origin and Etymology of legible
Middle English, from Late Latin legibilis, from Latin legere to read
First Known Use: 15th century
LEGIBLE Defined for English Language Learners
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: capable of being read : clear enough to be read
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: clear enough to be read legible writing
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