adv. [f. LEGIBLE + -LY2.] In a legible manner; in legible characters; so as to be easily read. Also fig.
1586. Warner, Alb. Eng., II. lxi. (1612), 269. His banner had the picture, and in gold King Edwards Cozen Elenor was legibly inrould.
1664. H. More, Myst. Iniq., 97. Whether written in the outward Word, or legibly engraven upon the Table of his Heart.
1699. Bentley, Phal., 240. Its yet legibly and plainly ΠΡΩΤΟΣ ΟΣ.
1709. Steele & Addison, Tatler, No. 101, ¶ 7. A shaking Hand does not always write legibly.
1833. Act 3 & 4 Will. IV., c. 46 § 84. The rules shall be legibly painted upon boards.
1859. Kingsley, Misc. (1860), I. 364. Whether his books treat of love or political economy, theology or geology, it is there, the history of man legibly printed.
1869. Freeman, Norm. Conq. (1876), III. xiv. 356. The great tale of which it became the theatre is legibly written on its natural features.