read´a|bly

read´a|bly
read|a|ble «REE duh buhl», adjective.
1. easy or pleasant to read; interesting: »

Treasure Island is a very readable story.

2. capable of being read; legible.
read´a|ble|ness, noun.
read´a|bly, adverb.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • read´a|ble|ness — read|a|ble «REE duh buhl», adjective. 1. easy or pleasant to read; interesting: »Treasure Island is a very readable story. 2. capable of being read; legible. –read´a|ble|ness, noun. –read´a|bly, adverb …   Useful english dictionary

  • read|a|ble — «REE duh buhl», adjective. 1. easy or pleasant to read; interesting: »Treasure Island is a very readable story. 2. capable of being read; legible. –read´a|ble|ness, noun. –read´a|bly, adverb …   Useful english dictionary

  • Mary Bly — Infobox Writer name = Mary Bly imagesize = caption = pseudonym = Eloisa James birth date = 1962 birth place = Minnesota U.S. occupation = Professor, novelist nationality = United States of America period = 1999 ndash;present genre = Historical… …   Wikipedia

  • il|leg´i|bly — il|leg|i|ble «ih LEHJ uh buhl», adjective. very hard or impossible to read; not plain enough to read; not legible: »The boy s handwriting was so bad that his letter to his mother was illegible. The ink had faded so that many words were illegible …   Useful english dictionary

  • readable — read•a•ble [[t]ˈri də bəl[/t]] adj. 1) easy or interesting to read 2) capable of being read; legible • Etymology: 1560–70 read a•bil′i•ty, read′a•ble•ness, n. read′a•bly, adv …   From formal English to slang

  • Readable — Read a*ble (r[=e]d [.a]*b l), a. Such as can be read; legible; fit or suitable to be read; worth reading; interesting. {Read a*ble*ness}, n. {Read a*bly}, adv. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Readableness — Readable Read a*ble (r[=e]d [.a]*b l), a. Such as can be read; legible; fit or suitable to be read; worth reading; interesting. {Read a*ble*ness}, n. {Read a*bly}, adv. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Readably — Readable Read a*ble (r[=e]d [.a]*b l), a. Such as can be read; legible; fit or suitable to be read; worth reading; interesting. {Read a*ble*ness}, n. {Read a*bly}, adv. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Eloisa James — Mary Bly Born 1962 (age 48–49) Minnesota U.S. Pen name Eloisa James Occupation Professor, novelist Nationality United States of America Period …   Wikipedia

  • literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …   Universalium

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