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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Rory Doherty, Time, 16 May 2025
Immediately, our conversation appeared as legible lines of translucent green text, which seemed to be floating in the space between us.
—David Owen, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
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
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 18 Jun. 2025.
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