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legibility
[ lej-uh-bil-i-tee ]
noun
- Also legi·ble·ness. the state or quality of being legible.
- Also called visibility. Typography. the quality of type that affects the perceptibility of a word, line, or paragraph of printed matter. Compare readability ( def 2 ).
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Word History and Origins
Origin of legibility1
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Example Sentences
The Greenbergians used to ask for at-a-glance legibility, and you could say that Boone delivers on that promise, and defeats it.
Legibility is the politeness of men of letters, as punctuality of kings and beggars.
Professor Koopman dwells particularly on the influence of short lines on legibility.
Anything that adds to the legibility of the printing improves it; anything that detracts from its legibility harms it.
At the end of the row stood a thin, dingy book whose title had passed out of legibility.
Competitors are asked to note that legibility of handwriting will carry weight as well as intrinsic merit.
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