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readaˈbility
[f. next.]
Readableness. Also in extended sense, the quality of, or capacity for, being read with pleasure or interest, considered as measured by certain assessable factors, as ease of comprehension, attractiveness of subject and style.
1843S. Coleridge Let. July in Mem. & Lett. (1873) I. xi. 281 If bad arrangement in S.T.C. is injurious to readibility, in S.C. it will be destructive. 1860Trollope Castle Richmond I. 3 The readability of a story should depend..on its intrinsic merit rather than on the site of its adventures. 1886Spectator 6 Feb. 205/1 Readability is the characteristic of his literary work. 1899J. Southward Mod. Printing II. i. 4 A book..is not a good book because it is a pretty one; readability is of far more importance than picturesqueness. 1935Gray & Leary What makes Book Readable ii. 38 The weight of opinion of all judges is that an informal.., non-technical.., adult..vocabulary is an important contribution to readability, whereas a vocabulary limited to 1,000–1,500 words.., is not essential. 1948R. Flesch in Jrnl. Appl. Psychol. XXXII. 228 To measure the readability (‘reading ease’ and ‘human interest’) of a piece of writing, go through the following steps. 1953Journalism Q. XXX. 417/1 One can think of cloze procedure as throwing all potential readability influences in a pot, letting them interact, then sampling the result. 1958H. B. & A. C. English Dict. Psychol. & Psychoanal. Terms 441 The criteria brought forward for determining readability suggest that it is not a single variable but a combination of at least three or four. 1963R. Morris Success & Failure in Learning to Read iv. 97 The attempts that have been made to implement [E.L.] Thorndike's ‘readability-control’ programme have added considerably to the resources available to the teachers of reading today. 1975Language for Life (Dept. Educ. & Sci.) xiv. 218 The writers would be able to refashion their stories to adjust readability levels. 1977N.Y. Rev. Bks. 23 June 4 (Advt.), One might define a great essay as a short excursion which has infinite readability. |