readable

read +‎ -able

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹiː.də.bəl/, [ˈɹiː.də.bl̩]

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• Hyphenation: read‧a‧ble

readable (comparative more readable, superlative most readable)

1. (of handwriting, print, etc) legible, possible to read or at least decipher

   If that sign were still readable we'd know where we are!

2. which can be read—i.e. accessed or played—by a certain technical type of device

   No sale, those aren't readable with my DVD-player!

3. (of a book) enjoyable to read, of an acceptable stylistic quality or at least functionally composed

   These assembly instructions aren't readable, I still don't have a clue how to start!

   • 1962 October, “New Reading on Railways: Great Western. By Cecil J. Allen, Ian Allan. 2s 6d.”, in Modern Railways, unnumbered page:

     This is a masterly work of condensation, omitting nothing of importance and providing a most readable book that for a modest half-crown is incredibly good value.

   • 2012 October 3, Richard Kenney, The One-Strand River: Poems, 1994-2007‎, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 155:

     A god's blue fire gone, the man is left like a page in the grate, apparently unchanged. ~\shgray, granted, and somewhat curled at the edge, but readable. Readable, he thinks. Lintil the passage— cat's paw?—-backwash?—-up the chimney?

• (able to be read): legible

• unreadable
• illegible

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