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legibility|lɛdʒɪˈbɪlɪtɪ|
[f. legible: see -ity.]
The quality or condition of being legible.
1679J. Goodman Penitent Pard. i. iv. (1713) 105 The divine goodness did supply that defect, as to the greater lines of vertue and vice, by the plain legibility of his providence. 1812W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. LXXIX. 181 Perhaps they..should have been accompanied with an expurgatory index, pointing out the papers which it would be fatiguing to peruse, and thus decimating the contents into legibility. 1838Dickens Nich. Nick. iv, The words emblazoned in all the legibility of gilt letters and dark shading. 1862Lady Llanover in Mrs. Delany's Corr. Ser. ii. III. 289 note, A hand which for clearness, compactness, and legibility exceeded any writing the Editor ever saw. 1880Earle Philol. Eng. Tongue 143 A few slight variations, often repeated, will make a great difference in the legibility of a page, to the eye that is unaccustomed to such variations. |