Lexic.us

Definition of Readable

1. Adjective. Easily deciphered.

Definition of Readable

1. a. Such as can be read; legible; fit or suitable to be read; worth reading; interesting.

Definition of Readable

1. Adjective. (context: of handwriting print etc) legible, possible to read or at least decipher ¹

2. Adjective. which can be read, i.e. accessed or played, by a certain technical type of device ¹

3. Adjective. (context: of a book) enjoyable to read, of an acceptable stylistic quality or at least functionally composed ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Readable

1. read [adj] - See also: read

Lexicographical Neighbors of Readable

Literary usage of Readable

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

1. The Cumulative Book Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1901)
"(readable books, 168.) D. Lester, (': A dangerous mission: a story of the ... D. 508p. $1. •00. Little. —Confessions of Con Cregan. (readable books.) 1). ..."

2. A Supplement to Allibone's Critical Dictionary of English Literature and by John Foster Kirk, Samuel Austin Allibone (1891)
"'The second half of his volume, readable ami often amusing as it Is, does not tell innch that is new and important to know, but the earlier chapters, ..."

3. Urban Change and Poverty by Michael G. H. McGeary, Laurence E. Lynn (1988)
"Machine-readable Files, March Surveys. Washington, DC: US Department of Commerce. 1970 County Business Patterns. Machine-Read able Files. ..."

4. The British Quarterly Review by Robert Vaughan, Henry Allon (1878)
"On the whole, though wo have | not read this volume with the full sense of j satisfaction that we had in ' Westward by Rail,' it is readable, bright, ..."

5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"A most readable book indeed is this by Holder and Jordan, interesting alike to the lover of angling, the lover of nature and the lover of good stories. ..."

6. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1882)
"ICATION has a number of excellent new publications well adapted for holiday gifts. Chief among these is the " Ride through Palestine," a readable and From ..."

7. The South in the Building of the Nation: A History of the Southern States by Walter Lynwood Fleming (1909)
"His Destruction and Reconstruction (1879), is one of the most readable of the memoirs left by the Confederate leaders. It is full of bitter wit and lively ..."

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