legibly
adverb
legibly is an adverb meaning “In a manner that is legible, in a manner that is readable, readably” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled L-E-G-I-B-L-Y, and it appears about once in every 13 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does legibly mean?
adverb
- 1
In a manner that is legible, in a manner that is readable, readably.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of legibly
- more legibly comparative
- most legibly superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is legibly?
Legibly appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 109,062nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Legibly in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense in a legible manner:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | lisiblement |
| Portuguese | legivelmente |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does legibly come from?
From legible + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).