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Meaning of "illegibly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ILLEGIBLY

illegibly  [ɪˈlɛdʒəblɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ILLEGIBLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Illegibly is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES ILLEGIBLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of illegibly in the English dictionary

The definition of illegibly in the dictionary is in an illegible manner.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ILLEGIBLY


acknowledgeably
ækˈnɒlɪdʒəblɪ
changeably
ˈtʃeɪndʒəblɪ
chargeably
ˈtʃɑːdʒəblɪ
exchangeably
eksˈtʃeɪndʒəblɪ
incorrigibly
ɪnˈkɒrɪdʒəblɪ
ineligibly
ɪnˈelɪdʒəblɪ
intelligibly
ɪnˈtɛlɪdʒəblɪ
interchangeably
ˌɪntəˈtʃeɪndʒəblɪ
irrefrangibly
ˌɪrɪˈfrændʒəblɪ
knowledgably
ˈnɒlɪdʒəblɪ
knowledgeably
ˈnɒlɪdʒəblɪ
legibly
ˈledʒəblɪ
manageably
ˈmænɪdʒəblɪ
negligibly
ˈneɡlɪdʒəblɪ
tangibly
ˈtændʒəblɪ
unbudgeably
ʌnˈbʌdʒəblɪ
unchallengeably
ʌnˈtʃælɪndʒəblɪ
unchangeably
ʌnˈtʃeɪndʒəblɪ
unintelligibly
ˌʌnɪnˈtɛlɪdʒəblɪ
unmanageably
ʌnˈmænɪdʒəblɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ILLEGIBLY

illegal
illegal alien
illegal immigrant
illegalisation
illegalise
illegality
illegalization
illegalize
illegally
illegibility
illegible
illegibleness
illegitimacy
illegitimate
illegitimately
illegitimateness
illiberal
illiberalism
illiberality
illiberally

WORDS THAT END LIKE ILLEGIBLY

corrigibly
eligibly
feasibly
flexibly
forcibly
glibly
horribly
impermissibly
impossibly
incredibly
infrangibly
intangibly
irresistibly
ostensibly
possibly
reproducibly
responsibly
sensibly
terribly
visibly

Synonyms and antonyms of illegibly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «illegibly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ILLEGIBLY

Find out the translation of illegibly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of illegibly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «illegibly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

难以辨认
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ilegiblemente
570 millions of speakers

English

illegibly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

घसीट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بصورة تصعب قراءتها
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неразборчиво
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

illegibly
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

illegibly
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

illisible
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak sah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unleserlich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

illegibly
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

illegibly
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Illegibly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khó đọc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

illegibly
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अव्यवहार्यपणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

illegibly
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

illegibly
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nieczytelnie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нерозбірливо
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

indescifrabil
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

illegibly
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onleesbaar
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

illegibly
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

illegibly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of illegibly

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ILLEGIBLY»

The term «illegibly» is normally little used and occupies the 124.971 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ILLEGIBLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «illegibly» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «illegibly» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about illegibly

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ILLEGIBLY»

Discover the use of illegibly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to illegibly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Perception: A Representative Theory
The modification would be to consider a case where John wrote illegibly with his left hand while writing legibly with his right; would he then be writing legibly and illegibly at the same time ? The threat, however, is more apparent than real.
Frank Jackson, 1977
2
The Female King of Colonial Nigeria: Ahebi Ugbabe
Criminal Judgment Books, 1928, illegibly numbered pages, NSUDIV 14/1/76, NAE. 57. See the appendix to this volume for charts showing the types of cases brought before the native courts in Nsukka Division during the period 1918–1930  ...
Nwando Achebe, 2011
3
Legal Aspects of Health Care Administration
Nurses17 improperly, incompletely, or illegibly documented the delivery of nursing care and failed to adhere to established standards in the practice setting to safeguard patient care. Based on these findings, the hearing examiner determined ...
George Pozgar, 2011
4
Concert
Winter threatens to envelop us with starry flakes and your Goethe thinks more longingly of the unforgettable sweet hours with her, the divine one, (several words illegibly faded) bedded in her childlike lap, when unfortunately, uninvited guests ...
Else Lasker-Sch_ler, 1994
5
Semantics
(55) John painstakingly wrote illegibly. Parsons (1972: 131) argues that the correct interpretation of (55) requires that “the illegibility of the writing was at least one of the things John was taking pains to do”. That is, painstakingly clearly has ...
Klaus von Heusinger, Claudia Maienborn, Paul Portner, 2011
6
Perceptual Knowledge
Also if on one and the same occasion he wrote painstakingly with one hand and illegibly with the other.9 This might appear to threaten my arguments in two ways. First, in my discussion of the conjunctive reply in Section X I was clearly working ...
Jonathan Dancy, 1988
7
Student Case Law Resource Guide to Accompany Legal Aspects ...
The record indicated evidence that the nurse had improperly, incompletely, or illegibly documented the delivery of nursing care and failed to adhere to established standards in the practice setting to safeguard patient care. Based on these ...
George D. Pozgar, Nina M Santucci, George D Pozgar, 2005
8
Explorations in the Field of Nonsense
... do not know where family doctors acquired illegibly perplexing handwriting; nevertheless, extraordinary pharmaceutical intellectuality, counterbalancing indecipherability, transcendentalizes intercommunications' incomprehensible- ness (p.
Wim Tigges, 1987
9
Sessional Paper
December, 1970. WHITTALL BOUSTEAD LIMITED. (Sgd.) Illegibly for Director. H.B.- No portion of the within sum can be drawn unless this Receipt is returned with the endorsement below duly completed by the Depositor ; nor can the amount ...
Sri Lanka, 1975
10
The Complete Works of Robert Browning: The Agamemnon of ...
624| MS:fools, we §crossed out and replaced above by§ I <> knew!" 1889a:knew. " 625| MS:First §next word illegibly crossed out§ < > over, — all the §last two words crossed out and replaced above by two words§ for Paul's §next word illegibly ...
Robert Browning, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ILLEGIBLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term illegibly is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Letter, 7/5: Bad construction job
... overabundance of illegibly scripted yellow signs and cobalt blue bench under-lighting. The widened sidewalks are also obscured by oversize ... «Lincoln Journal Star, Jul 15»
2
Review details tossed St. George signatures
Some people died, others were felons, and many people wrote illegibly. And of course there were the. withdrawals, an effort propelled by ... «Bayoubuzz, Jun 15»
3
Mystery Solved
... photographs to the memory of his class, but unfortunately did so illegibly, leading to an undetermined title and unknown provenance in the club's inventories. «Harvard Magazine, Jun 15»
4
Magna Carta, still posing a challenge at 800
It is relatively unsplashy, as these things go - not very long, not very elegantly written, just 3,500 or so words of Medieval Latin crammed illegibly ... «The Australian Financial Review, Jun 15»
5
Secret Teacher: marking exam papers exposes the flaws in teaching
But I just cannot stop picturing the students sat in the exam halls, some with nothing to write at all, some writing illegibly, and others writing ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
6
Legible prescriptions
Chennai. I was reminded of a joke where a teacher once told his class that all students who wrote illegibly would become doctors in the future. «The Hindu, Jun 15»
7
Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press
"It's a good thing he loves me," Shaw said jokingly as he scribbled illegibly on the bottom of the paper. A few hours later, after a trip to the ... «Detroit Free Press, Jun 15»
8
9.3 trillion reasons fintech could change the developing world
The fraudster signed the receipt illegibly; I have a copy of it, thanks to email. I forwarded the mail to Visa and an autoresponder told me to check ... «O'Reilly Radar, May 15»
9
Cartoon Museum hasn't reached the end yet
... The Chronicle noted that Whyte's concept for a museum dated to 1981 “in a Monterey restaurant as an idea scrawled illegibly on a cocktail ... «SFGate, May 15»
10
Apple MacBook Retina 12in review - 'a superb choice, but …
You can change the resolution to 1440x900 pixels giving you extra working space, but at the expense of making everything illegibly tiny. «IT PRO, May 15»

REFERENCE
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