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legible

adjective/ˈlɛd͡ʒəbl/

What It Means

Clear enough to be read; readable, particularly of handwriting.

Written or phrased so as to be easy to understand.

Despite hardly having any energy to lift a pen, she left a legible note on the paper.

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From Late Latin legibilis (“that can be read”), from Latin legō.

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