as in understandable
capable of being understood
an anxious mood that was clearly legible upon her face
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Recent Examples of legible
Accessibility Reader This is another innovation which works alongside Magnifier, to take text from the physical world and turn it into a legible format in a custom font.
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David Phelan, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
Some of the headstones have legible names, others are illegible or are just horizontal blocks indicating a grave.
—Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 8 May 2025
Narratives about the virtue of the state and the necessity of the war should be clear, legible, obvious.
—Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2025
Enhanced Typography This may sound initially underwhelming, but Material 3 Expressive is overhauling Android's typography by introducing new type styles to make the OS more legible and attractive.
—Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 15 May 2025
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David Phelan, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
Some of the headstones have legible names, others are illegible or are just horizontal blocks indicating a grave.
—Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 8 May 2025
Narratives about the virtue of the state and the necessity of the war should be clear, legible, obvious.
—Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2025
Enhanced Typography This may sound initially underwhelming, but Material 3 Expressive is overhauling Android's typography by introducing new type styles to make the OS more legible and attractive.
—Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for legible
accessible
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So, Katz was, and continues to be, ahead of her time, offering a medley of individualized laser services (something that is still somewhat rare in combination) at a price that makes these often astronomical treatments relatively accessible.—
Nora Zelevansky,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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The aircraft, built by the Douglas Aircraft Company, is from a time when air travel became more accessible to people.—
Chase Jordan,
Charlotte Observer,
26 June 2025
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“Legible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legible. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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