readability
Americannoun
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Also readableness. the state or quality of being readable.
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Typography. the property of type that affects the ease with which printed matter can be read for a sustained period.
Etymology
Origin of readability
Vocabulary lists containing readability
Journalism
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Rather than smoothing foreign-sounding language into readability, he and Buber wrote, “we wish to break through to the spokenness of the Word.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
The authors prepared the initial manuscript and used ChatGPT to edit selected sections to improve readability.
From Science Daily • Dec. 17, 2025
But after seeing that a 19% reduction in pages could lead to at least a 10% cost savings, while readability actually improved, Mr Miller has become a fan.
From BBC • Sep. 16, 2024
But the most difficult trick of bringing Marlowe to the present day has nothing to do with the present; it lies instead in matching Chandler’s masterful balance of pulp readability and literary sensibility.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2024
Thurber, by self-appointed virtuous contrast, saw commas as so many upturned office chairs unhelpfully hurled down the wide-open corridor of readability.
From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author
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