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legibly en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree English legible Middle English -ly English -ly English legibly From legible + -ly.

Meanings

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:

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Translations (4)

pt legivelmente (in a legible manner) · eo legeble (in a legible manner) · pl czytelnie (in a legible manner) · fr lisiblement (in a legible manner)