Legible
['ledʒɪb(ə)l] or ['lɛdʒəbl]
Definition
(adj.) (of handwriting, print, etc.) capable of being read or deciphered; 'legible handwriting' .
Editor: Rosalie--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Capable of being read or deciphered; distinct to the eye; plain; -- used of writing or printing; as, a fair, legible manuscript.
(a.) Capable of being discovered or understood by apparent marks or indications; as, the thoughts of men are often legible in their countenances.
Checker: Rene
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Readable, plain, fair.[2]. Manifest, apparent, recognizable, discoverable.
Typed by Darla
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Plain, decipherable, well-written, calligraphic
ANT:Obscure, undecipherable, illwritten, illegible, cabalistic, cryptographic
Editor: Seth
Definition
adj. that may be read: that may be understood.—ns. Leg′ibleness Legibil′ity.—adv. Leg′ibly.
Checker: Roderick
Examples
- When written on paper this ink is perfectly legible, but will disappear from the paper in a few days. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Miss Keeldar, I suppose you think so; but my character is not, perhaps, quite as legible to you as a page of the last new novel might be. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- A signal legible to every sailor of all the fleets engaged in that fierce struggle was strung aloft upon the flagship. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- His countenance was overlaid with legible meanings. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- By means of these pins the chemically prepared tape was marked with dots corresponding to the impulses as received, leaving upon it a legible record of the letters and words transmitted. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Is the despair of parting legible thereon? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I--hum--I necessarily make that appeal within limited bounds, or I--ha--should render legible, by that lady, what I desire to be blotted out. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- My reign is not yet over, (these words were legible in one of these inscriptions); you live, and my power is complete. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- We will not copy the rest of the orthography, which was very peculiar, but translate it into legible English. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Checker: Roderick