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
Writing in cursive with such pens is relatively fast and easy and the results are legible.
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New Atlas, 29 Oct. 2025
The Heritage Trail reframes a place once imagined in minarets and myth, now made newly legible through restoration, storytelling, and design.
—Carmen F De Terenzio, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
Remarkably, this language—Goonicide, Gooneral—was broadly legible to hundreds of thousands of people who engaged with it online.
—Daniel Kolitz, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Layer lines were nearly invisible under natural light, and the hull text remained fully legible.
—PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
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New Atlas, 29 Oct. 2025
The Heritage Trail reframes a place once imagined in minarets and myth, now made newly legible through restoration, storytelling, and design.
—Carmen F De Terenzio, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
Remarkably, this language—Goonicide, Gooneral—was broadly legible to hundreds of thousands of people who engaged with it online.
—Daniel Kolitz, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Layer lines were nearly invisible under natural light, and the hull text remained fully legible.
—PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for legible
Adjective
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Still not quite right, though understandable.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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Feelings of frustration over another potentially good, yet not great, season are understandable.—
Quentin Corpuel,
Kansas City Star,
31 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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But many voters seemed to appreciate Mamdani’s acknowledging the challenges of living there, plus his upbeat, accessible timbre of the campaign.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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Their do-it-yourself culture, supported by tech like 3D printing, accessible electronics, and online tutorials, has successfully democratized small-scale aviation.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Legible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legible. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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