English dictionary · adjective

legible

clear enough to be read

Meaning and definitions

1. clear enough to be read

Connected roots

• lect-

  reading, choosing, gathering

• -able

  capable of being

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• incredible

  impossible or hard to believe

• stable

  not likely to give way or change; firmly fixed

• select

  to carefully choose as being the best or most suitable

• collect

  to bring or gather together

• flexible

  capable of bending easily without breaking

• notable

  worthy of attention or notice; remarkable

• tangible

  perceptible by touch; clear and definite

• dialect

  A lect (often a regional or minority language) as part of a group or family of languages, especially if they are viewed as a single language, or if contrasted with a standardized idiom that is considered the 'true' form of the language (for example, Bavarian as contrasted with Standard German).

• audible

  able to be heard

• amiable

  having a friendly and pleasant manner

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