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Definition of Legible

1. Adjective. (of handwriting, print, etc.) capable of being read or deciphered. "Legible handwriting"

Definition of Legible

1. a. Capable of being read or deciphered; distinct to the eye; plain; -- used of writing or printing; as, a fair, legible manuscript.

Definition of Legible

1. Adjective. Being clear enough to be read, readable, particularly for handwriting. ¹

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Definition of Legible

1. capable of being read [adj] : LEGIBLY [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Legible

Literary usage of Legible

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1912)
"The least legible face is American Typewriter,—which, indeed, is much less legible than any other face of the sixteen. The other fourteen faces fall into ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... erected church of Füssen, this "Life" is said to have been found in a scarcely legible condition, and to have been ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"It should be legible and in such a style as will suit the general idea, and must have a well thought out and important position. (Fig. 14). FIG. ..."

4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Exchequer by Roger Meeson, Great Britain Court of Exchequer, William Newland Welsby, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber (1841)
"... written in legible characters, to be affixed in the Exchequer Office of Pleas, in such place as public notices are usually fixed; and also enter or ..."

5. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"The latter forms his letters with care and precision, but they are almost infinitesimal in size. are plain and legible and often beautiful, ..."

6. John L. Stoddard's Lectures: Supplementary Volume[s]. by John Lawson Stoddard (1905)
"... legible to-day. Cut from the solid limestone of the hillside, they easily accommodated twenty-four thousand people. The lower rows, which were then ..."

7. John L. Stoddard's Lectures: Illustrated and Embellished with Views of the by John Lawson Stoddard (1905)
"... legible to-day. Cut from the solid limestone of the hillside, they easily accommodated twenty-four thousand people. The lower rows, which were then ..."

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