legible.
Clear enough to be read; readable, particularly of handwriting.
Meaning & usage
Clear enough to be read; readable, particularly of handwriting.
Despite hardly having any energy to lift a pen, she left a legible note on the paper.
Written or phrased so as to be easy to understand.
You can make this program code more legible by using meaningful variable names.
Where this word comes from
From Late Latin legibilis (“that can be read”), from Latin legō.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.