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readability

[ree-duh-bil-i-tee] / ˌri dəˈbɪl ɪ ti /
NOUN
legibility, clarity
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
digestibility interpretability navigability scrutability
WEAK
executability loadability scannability
Antonyms
STRONGEST
illegibility inaccessibility incoherence indecipherability messiness overcomplication unclearness unintelligibility unreadability
STRONG
choppiness indigestibility inscrutability unnavigability
WEAK
unloadability unscannability


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For the human version, the best professional translation practices were applied: One professional translator’s work was checked by another, and a third proofread for readability.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

Like its predecessors, “Triumph and Illusion” combines exhaustive scholarship with eminent readability.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026

As a result, scientists have been searching for materials that combine magnetic stability with electrical readability and, ideally, the ability to be rewritten.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 26, 2025

While it’s common to simply increase the point size to make text easier to read, Mr Stobberup says that readability is actually determined by x-height.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2024

Thurber, by self-appointed virtuous contrast, saw commas as so many upturned office chairs unhelpfully hurled down the wide-open corridor of readability.

From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author


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