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Definition of Illegibly

1. Adverb. In an illegible manner. "This student writes illegibly"

Definition of Illegibly

1. Adverb. In a manner that produces illegible results. ¹

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Definition of Illegibly

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Illegibly

Literary usage of Illegibly

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

1. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"... competent to call any one to make the decipherment as much as it would be to read a letter so illegibly written as to be difficult to make out State т. ..."

2. Oriental Fragments by Edward Moor (1834)
"The following names are almost illegibly engraved or scratched on it, ALLAH — MAHOMMED — ALI — FATIMA — HUSSEN — HUSSEYN : being the Deity, ..."

3. Story of Our Post Office: The Greatest Government Department in All Its Phases by Marshall Henry Cushing (1892)
"Under the title of "misdirected letters" are included all letters upon which the postage has been paid, but which are so illegibly, insufficiently, ..."

4. Methods of Teaching: Their Basis and Statement Developed from a Functional by Werrett Wallace Charters (1912)
"Then make the writing period one in which only those who write their composition, arithmetic, geography, or history work illegibly shall receive special ..."

5. Methods of Teaching, Developed from a Functional Standpoint by Werrett Wallace Charters (1909)
"If he sees that something he wishes to say is misunderstood, or is understood with difficulty because he writes illegibly, he will have a motive for ..."

6. Reports of New Magistrates' Cases Argued and Determined in All the Courts of by Great Britain Courts, Adam Henry Bittleston, Edward Wise, Paul Parnell, Jelinger Cookson Symons (1846)
"One of the magistrates' names in the duplicate copy of an order of removal served on the appellent! being illegibly written, ..."

7. Journal by Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1860)
"There is, however, one class of letter which proclaims itself, namely, that which is so illegibly directed that it must have been written ..."

8. Publications by Shakespeare Society (Great Britain) (1853)
"after the 24th of January, 1624-5, because it is scribbled very illegibly by Alleyn on the spare spaces of a letter to him of that date from William Becher ..."

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