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
Layers of graffiti reveal generations of suffering, with older texts barely legible beneath newer ones.
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
Barely legible messages flick up in green, red and yellow, then vanish.
—Joel Khalili, WIRED, 15 Jan. 2025
The bad news: air-conditioning controls have gone from physical switches to touchscreen-menu items, and not a single driver display conveys a graphically bold representation of engine rpms that’s easily legible at a glance.
—Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2024
The technology often struggles to produce legible text in this way.
—Hannah Hudnall, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2024
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
Barely legible messages flick up in green, red and yellow, then vanish.
—Joel Khalili, WIRED, 15 Jan. 2025
The bad news: air-conditioning controls have gone from physical switches to touchscreen-menu items, and not a single driver display conveys a graphically bold representation of engine rpms that’s easily legible at a glance.
—Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2024
The technology often struggles to produce legible text in this way.
—Hannah Hudnall, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2024
See all Example Sentences for legible
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“Legible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legible. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
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