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read·a·ble  (rd-bl)
adj.
1. Easily read; legible: a readable typeface.
2. Pleasurable or interesting to read: a readable story.

reada·bili·ty, reada·ble·ness n.
reada·bly adv.

readable [ˈriːdəbəl]
adj
1. (of handwriting, etc.) able to be read or deciphered; legible
2. (of style of writing) interesting, easy, or pleasant to read
readability , readableness n
readably  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.readable - easily deciphered
legible - (of handwriting, print, etc.) capable of being read or deciphered; "legible handwriting"

readable
adjective
1. enjoyable, interesting, gripping, entertaining, pleasant, enthralling, easy to read, worth reading This is an impeccably researched and very readable book.
enjoyable heavy, boring, dull, pretentious, turgid, unreadable, heavy going, badly-written, as dry as dust
Translations
readable [ˈriːdəbl] ADJ [writing] → legible; [book etc] → entretenido, que puede leerse
readable [ˈriːdəbəl] adj
(= pleasant to read) → agréable à lire
eminently readable → d'une lecture très agréable
(= easy to read) → facile à lire
(= legible) → lisible
(COMPUTING) [file] → lisible
readable
adj (= legible) handwritinglesbar; (= worth reading) book etclesenswert; not very readable (= illegible)schlecht lesbar; (= not worth reading)nicht besonders lesenswert
readable [ˈriːdəbl] adj (book) → che si legge volentieri; (writing) → leggibile
readable [ˈriːdəbl] adj (book) → che si legge volentieri; (writing) → leggibile


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You surprise me; I thought it had not been readable.
The woman had disappeared, but there were her written words left behind her: visible to my mother as well as to me, readable by my mother's eyes as well as by mine!
So surely as another quarter chimed, there was a movement in the crowd--as if something had passed over it--as if the light upon them had been changed--in which the fact was readable as on a brazen dial, figured by a giant's hand.
 
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