legible

adjective

Clear enough for the letters or symbols to be read.

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A Portrait in the Wrong Window · paragraph 4

Clear enough for the letters or symbols to be read.

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readable

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See legible in use

The date remained legible even after rain blurred the signature.

Dictionary practice example.

Only the last digit of the date was legible under the glass.

From Old ink on fresh paper.

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