legible
adjective
leg·i·ble
ˈle-jə-bəl 
1
: capable of being read or deciphered : plain
legible handwriting
2
: capable of being discovered or understood
murder sweltered in his heart and was legible upon his face—
Thomas Wolfe
Thomas WolfeExamples of legible in a Sentence
The document is not legible.
an anxious mood that was clearly legible upon her face
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In jumbles of old stones that, to me, are barely legible as the remains of buildings, Cocon López could see the entire timeline of old Aké and how later people interacted with and repurposed what came before.
—Lizzie Wade, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2025
Accessibility Reader This is another innovation which works alongside Magnifier, to take text from the physical world and turn it into a legible format in a custom font.
—David Phelan, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
Some of the headstones have legible names, others are illegible or are just horizontal blocks indicating a grave.
—Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 8 May 2025
Narratives about the virtue of the state and the necessity of the war should be clear, legible, obvious.
—Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2025
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Lizzie Wade, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2025
Accessibility Reader This is another innovation which works alongside Magnifier, to take text from the physical world and turn it into a legible format in a custom font.
—David Phelan, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
Some of the headstones have legible names, others are illegible or are just horizontal blocks indicating a grave.
—Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 8 May 2025
Narratives about the virtue of the state and the necessity of the war should be clear, legible, obvious.
—Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for legible
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“Legible.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/legible. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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