adjective
definition
Clear enough to be read; readable, particularly of handwriting.
Examples of legible in a Sentence
In the top seam, faded but legible, was written Annie in very small print.
Red ink can be too thin to be easily legible.
The summer is almost nightless, print being legible at midnight, but in winter the days are only six hours long, though the nights are frequently illuminated with brilliant displays of the aurora borealis.
You want to make sure your handwriting is clear and legible.
Be careful to choose fonts and ink colors that are legible.
The printed page is rapidly becoming simply a way of making data briefly more legible.
You should complete forms in black ink with legible block lettering.
The company's full name must appear in a legible form at all business premises.
This carload of torn sails is more legible and interesting now than if they should be wrought into paper and printed books.
Make sure that it is legible and dark enough to view well.
This document, in every line of which madness is legible, convinced most thinking people that Eric was unfit to reign.
He looked down at the small scrap of paper in his hand, the spidery handwriting barely legible.
Be very careful when filling out order forms, make sure penmanship is impeccable and legible.
Dates for registration will be considered to be met assuming that legible postmarks are on or before the dates and airmail is used.
The watch remains highly legible underneath the slightly domed sapphire crystal, even at extreme angles.
For a larger payment, this will be made legible.
These only become legible in time to confirm your route in heavy traffic.
The specificity of the reagent for blood group serology should be of a print size which is clearly legible.
The text is everywhere perfectly legible, and is excellently represented in photographs by the marquis Ranghiasci-Brancaleone, published with Breal's edition.
The graphics are rendered beautifully with very legible letters and an intuitive layout.
That means words are legible and the game path is easy to follow.
Of course, to have a chance at being chosen, a Santa letter must be legible and have a clear return address.
The ring needs have an edge thick enough for the letters to be legible.
You do not have a lot of space to work with and shorter engravings are more legible and attractive.
Very early Clerical Script (from early dynasties) is hard for modern Chinese to read, but later examples are still legible.
Marking the damp wall with chalk proved difficult, but they were satisfied the arrows were legible.
They examined the rest of the garments and each, upon careful observation, was identified in a like fashion, although some of the markings were so faded they were no longer legible.
Thorkelin, an Icelander, made or procured two transcripts of the poem, which are still preserved in the Royal Library at Copenhagen, and are valuable for the criticism of the text, the MS. having subsequently become in places less legible.
Travel light, if possible, and always verify that baggage identification is correct, legible and properly affixed to each bag.
It is an attractive design with easy to see legible dial.
We believe police forces would rather see a stick on legible plate than a small plate which cannot be read.
The writer has examined some of these records and found them quite legible, contrary to some reports.
You must make sure the details on the front of the badge remain legible.
Use a romantic script font or opt for elaborate filigree capital fonts paired with simpler, more legible fonts for the bulk of the printing.
His knowledge of the Bible was such that he might have been called a living concordance; and on the margin of his copy of the Book of Martyrs are still legible the ill-spelt lines of doggerel in which he expressed his reverence for the brave sufferers, and his implacable enmity to the mystical Babylon.
In the course of this voyage he noticed that the signals were received better during the night than the daytime, legible messages being received on a Morse printer only 700 m.
If the default background makes the text difficult to read, it may be a good idea to switch your mobile phone's backgrounds to something that makes the user interface a little more legible.
The movements to be registered are transferred to the style or pen by one or more levers, and the pen in turn transfers them to the cylinder, where they appear as legible tracings.