legible

adjective

ˈle-jə-bəl How to pronounce legible (audio)
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as in understandable
capable of being understood an anxious mood that was clearly legible upon her face

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Recent Examples of legible Like certain characters whose sad fates only become legible after six elusive episodes, viewers stuck on the particulars of a series that leads with silly sensationalism miss our chance to get on board. — Judy Berman, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025 The mood is palpable, and the meditation legible, even if Winnipeg and Iranian cinema are to you as remote as a chilly winter moon. — Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025 Scientists think the ink may contain a denser contaminant (potentially lead) that allows the text to be more legible than other Herculaneum scrolls when subjected to X-ray scans. — Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 6 Feb. 2025 His is a kind of pathetic that inspires neither scorn nor pity, but a universal, sorrowful connection — his yearning for a different face is a consideration of what makes a human being legible and thus able to be understood, known, even loved. — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 12 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for legible

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