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—
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Examples of legible in a Sentence
The document is not legible.
an anxious mood that was clearly legible upon her face
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Clinical notes are now legible and easy to retrieve but often bloated with unnecessary, duplicative, and, at times, unintelligible content.
—Spencer Dorn, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Today, almost none of it is legible, just layer upon layer of scribblings documenting romance, rivalry, celebration, and mourning through the years.
—Elizabeth Friend, Longreads, 29 Oct. 2024
One photo circulating widely appeared to show a mangled pager with some legible make and model information that may point to the Gold Apollo AP-900 alphanumeric pager.
—Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 17 Sep. 2024
This productive tension, between legible references and slippery, subterranean mood, became something of Casebere’s signature style.
—Chris Wiley, The New Yorker, 27 July 2024
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Spencer Dorn, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Today, almost none of it is legible, just layer upon layer of scribblings documenting romance, rivalry, celebration, and mourning through the years.
—Elizabeth Friend, Longreads, 29 Oct. 2024
One photo circulating widely appeared to show a mangled pager with some legible make and model information that may point to the Gold Apollo AP-900 alphanumeric pager.
—Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 17 Sep. 2024
This productive tension, between legible references and slippery, subterranean mood, became something of Casebere’s signature style.
—Chris Wiley, The New Yorker, 27 July 2024
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“Legible.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/legible. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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