Meanings
adjectivesemilegible (not comparable)
- not comparablePartly legible.
In other instances second looks reveal unexpected excisions or additions to the posters or a semilegible word cut out of painted paper.
2009 May 22, The New York Times, “Art in Review”, in New York Times
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APA
semilegible. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semilegible
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“semilegible.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semilegible. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “semilegible,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semilegible.
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