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单词 legibility
释义

legible

adjective

leg·​i·​ble ˈle-jə-bəl How to pronounce legible (audio)
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 Thomas Wolfe
legibility
ˌle-jə-ˈbi-lə-tē How to pronounce legible (audio)
noun
legibly
ˈle-jə-blē How to pronounce legible (audio)
adverb

Synonyms

  • accessible
  • apprehensible
  • coherent
  • comprehendible
  • comprehensible
  • fathomable
  • graspable
  • intelligible
  • scrutable
  • understandable
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Example Sentences

The document is not legible. an anxious mood that was clearly legible upon her face
Recent Examples on the Web The car's license plate is not legible in the photos. Steven Martinez, Journal Sentinel, 15 Sep. 2022 Those inequities may often be legible across the shelves of a school library. Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 1 Sep. 2022 Board Vice Chair Mary Ellen Gurewitz, D, disagreed and argued if so many people signed the proposal in the signature-gathering phase, the language must have been legible. Kim Bellware, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Sep. 2022 Board Vice Chair Mary Ellen Gurewitz (D) disagreed and argued if so many people signed the proposal in the signature-gathering phase, the language must have been legible. Kim Bellware, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2022 Whether portraying the prickly etiquette that rules the hamlet’s narrow boardwalk or the price gouging at the one market in the area, the movie mostly succeeds at making a subculture’s inside jokes legible to a broader audience. Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 3 June 2022 The film integrates traditions such as Umma’s tal mask and the ancestral jesa ceremony that are culturally specific but legible to a wide audience. Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2022 In doing so, the country has ceased to be legible to Putin and Russians who support him. Amelia Glaser, CNN, 26 Mar. 2022 Climate concerns are legible to international audiences, as well as a cudgel against accusations—ever-present from the right—that Petro is plotting to turn Colombia into Venezuela. Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 22 Mar. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Late Latin legibilis, from Latin legere to read

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

legible

adjective

leg·​i·​ble ˈle-jə-bəl How to pronounce legible (audio)
: clear enough to be read
legible writing

legibility

noun

as in readability

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • readability
  • intelligibility
  • comprehensibility
  • directness
  • straightforwardness
  • forthrightness
  • openness
  • readableness
  • clarity
  • incisiveness
  • lucidity
  • incision
  • perspicuity
  • explicitness
  • simplicity
  • lucidness
  • perspicuousness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • ambiguity
  • opacity
  • opaqueness
  • unclarity
  • obscurity
  • unintelligibility
  • obliqueness
  • impenetrability
  • obliquity
  • inscrutability
  • incomprehensibility
  • indistinctness
  • ambiguousness
  • equivocation
  • dimness
  • indirectness
  • incoherence
  • vagueness
  • obscureness
  • deviousness
  • fuzziness
  • faintness
  • equivocalness
  • disjointedness
  • muddiness
  • inscrutableness
  • incomprehensibleness
  • circuitousness
  • unintelligibleness
  • nebulousness
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