legible
adjective
leg·i·ble
ˈle-jə-bəl 
1
: capable of being read or deciphered : plain
legible handwriting
2
: capable of being discovered or understood
murder sweltered in his heart and was legible upon his face—
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Examples of legible in a Sentence
The document is not legible.
an anxious mood that was clearly legible upon her face
Recent Examples on the Web
The center hub of the wheel is fixed, and the diameter was chosen so that the instruments remain legible when it's turned.
—Bradley Iger, Ars Technica, 20 June 2024
The work dealt with selfhood in flux and the many roles Black women occupy, but these themes are not always immediately legible, and that is why the series has been viewed as a breakthrough by critics.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 18 June 2024
The tree growing, an older Bluey, Jean-Luc’s reappearance — all of it is legible to kid viewers, and on that level feels like a happy conclusion of a story that otherwise would have remained sadly unresolved.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 15 Apr. 2024
But meanwhile, who was doing the work of providing a legible past and a plausible future—a nation—to the people who lived in the United States?
—Jill Lepore, Foreign Affairs, 5 Feb. 2019
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Bradley Iger, Ars Technica, 20 June 2024
The work dealt with selfhood in flux and the many roles Black women occupy, but these themes are not always immediately legible, and that is why the series has been viewed as a breakthrough by critics.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 18 June 2024
The tree growing, an older Bluey, Jean-Luc’s reappearance — all of it is legible to kid viewers, and on that level feels like a happy conclusion of a story that otherwise would have remained sadly unresolved.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 15 Apr. 2024
But meanwhile, who was doing the work of providing a legible past and a plausible future—a nation—to the people who lived in the United States?
—Jill Lepore, Foreign Affairs, 5 Feb. 2019
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“Legible.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/legible. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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