legible

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   clear enough to be read or deciphered

   Please write the address in large, legible letters.

2. 2
   adj

   presented clearly enough to be understood

   Descriptive variable names make the program more legible to other developers.

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From Late Latin legibilis ("that can be read"), from Latin legere ("read, gather") + -ibilis ("able to be"). The figurative sense extends readable handwriting or print to information whose structure is easy to understand.

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