readability

[ ree-duh-bil-i-tee ]

noun

1. Also reada·ble·ness. the state or quality of being readable.
2. Typography. the property of type that affects the ease with which printed matter can be read for a sustained period. Compare legibility ( def 2 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of readability¹

First recorded in 1835–45; readable + -ity

Example Sentences

While it can help day to day campaign management, it comes at the price of readability and control over your campaigns.

From Search Engine Watch

Don’t forget to use the right font to improve readability and increase conversions.

From Search Engine Watch

Google doesn’t seem to use readability as a direct ranking factor but a readability score may help them determine a certain audience type you are using.

From Search Engine Watch

While it can help day-to-day campaign management, it comes at the price of readability and control over your campaigns.

From Search Engine Land

The pandemic made the need for live captioning far more urgent, and startups like Ava, along with bigger platforms like Zoom and Microsoft, incorporated live video captioning that was often editable to improve readability.

From MIT Technology Review

The interview has been lightly edited to enhance readability.

From The Daily Beast

The images have been retouched to clean up the diagrams and to improve readability of lettering where possible.

From Project Gutenberg

The following, details apparent printer's errors as well as changes or additions to aid readability of text.

From Project Gutenberg

The background pattern is taken from the original book, but has been lightened for readability.

From Project Gutenberg

Footnote citations in the original have been converted to parenthetical form to improve readability.

From Project Gutenberg

The readability of a story should depend, one would say, on its intrinsic merit rather than on the site of its adventures.

From Project Gutenberg