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legibly

legibly adverb: in a manner that is legible, in a manner that is readable, readably.

Adverb

legibly (comparative more legibly, superlative most legibly)

  1. In a manner that is legible, in a manner that is readable, readably.
    • Consignment Notes should be legibly printed in type or written in ink, with the destination station shown in block letters and the responsibility for charges clearly indicated. This will help the Railways in their efforts to assist Traders.1940 December, “WRITE Consignment Notes CLEARLY, PLEASE”, in Railway Magazine, page v, advertisement by the British Railways
    • To be sure, the average American can sign his name more or less legibly, and can make out the sports headlines—but how many nonelitist Americans can, without undue difficulty, read as many as a thousand consecutive words of small print, some of which may be trisyllabic?1980 January 20, Isaac Asimov, “A Cult of Ignorance”, in Newsweek, →ISSN, page 19

legibly meaning in Tamil

legibly in Tamil

தெளிவாக

Forms of legibly

comparativemore legibly
superlativemost legibly

Origin of legibly

From legible + -ly.

Questions about legibly

What does legibly mean?
Legibly means in a manner that is legible, in a manner that is readable, readably.
What is legibly in Tamil?
Legibly in Tamil is தெளிவாக. See Legibly meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is legibly?
Legibly is an adverb.

Words near legibly in the dictionary

  1. leghorns
  2. legibilities
  3. legibility
  4. legible
  5. legibleness
  6. legibly
  7. legicide
  8. legiferate
  9. legific
  10. legilium
  11. leging

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Adapted from Wiktionary: legibly (page history and authors); legibly (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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