adv. [f. LEGIBLE + -LY2.] In a legible manner; in legible characters; so as to be easily read. Also fig.

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1586.  Warner, Alb. Eng., II. lxi. (1612), 269. His banner had the picture, and in gold King Edwards Cozen Elenor was legibly inrould.

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1664.  H. More, Myst. Iniq., 97. Whether written in the outward Word, or legibly engraven upon the Table of his Heart.

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1699.  Bentley, Phal., 240. It’s yet legibly and plainly ΠΡΩΤΟΣ ΟΣ.

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1709.  Steele & Addison, Tatler, No. 101, ¶ 7. A shaking Hand does not always write legibly.

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1833.  Act 3 & 4 Will. IV., c. 46 § 84. The rules … shall be legibly painted upon boards.

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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.

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1869.  Freeman, Norm. Conq. (1876), III. xiv. 356. The great tale of which it became the theatre is legibly written on its natural features.

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