[ adj ] (of handwriting, print, etc.) capable of being read or deciphered <adj.all> legible handwriting
Legible \Leg"i*ble\ (l[e^]j"[i^]*b'l), a. [L. legibilis, fr. legere to read: cf. OF. legible. See {Legend}.] 1. Capable of being read or deciphered; distinct to the eye; plain; -- used of writing or printing; as, a fair, legible manuscript.
The stone with moss and lichens so overspread, Nothing is legible but the name alone. --Longfellow.
2. Capable of being discovered or understood by apparent marks or indications; as, the thoughts of men are often legible in their countenances.
Two of the authors whose names were legible to me included Stefan Zweig and Graham Greene.
"We often require revisions to supers to ensure that they're legible," says Matthew Margo, vice president of program practices at CBS.
"I was lucky I had my reading glasses on," said Horowitz, referring to the bizarre, barely legible statement handed him by Stollman.
Many of the headstones are no longer legible and are partly covered with earth.