Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In an illegible manner: as, a letter written illegibly.

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  • adverb In a manner that produces illegible results.

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  • adverb in an illegible manner

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Examples

  • It's one thing to rip the poor guy's beak off, but then to sign your name illegibly in its place?

    Bird is the Word 2009

  • It's one thing to rip the poor guy's beak off, but then to sign your name illegibly in its place?

    Archive 2009-11-01 2009

  • When I explained with the greatest composure, Bonaparte started up in a violent rage, and poured out a flood of abuse, at the same time scratching his name illegibly at the foot of the statement which he had handed in as protocol.

    A History of Modern Europe, 1792-1878 Charles Alan Fyffe 1868

  • Logan had to check up on the chap, of course, in order to let him have it, which meant examining the hand writing — which had apparently deteriorated from the days when in New England Jonathan Edwards wrote fairly illegibly.

    An Article of Detailed Criticism, Not Positive « Unknowing 2010

  • Foer embellishes the narrative with evocative graphics, including photographs, colored highlights and passages of illegibly overwritten text, and takes his unique flair for the poetry of miscommunication to occasionally gimmicky lengths, like a two-page soliloquy written entirely in numerical code.

    Stephen Daldry to Adapt Jonathan Safran Foer’s Novel Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close | /Film 2010

  • And what makes this utter lack of substance far worse is that she can't even articulate her very simplistic thoughts without using staccato sentence fragments strung together as if she's reciting abbreviated notes illegibly scrawled on the backs of barroom napkins, and selected on-the-fly using a dart board.

    Bob Cesca: Famous for Being Famous: The Sarah Palin Show Is On the Air Bob Cesca 2010

  • It don't mater how bad you're speling or grammer is, or how illegibly formatted your submission.

    Publishing Myths: General Guidelines and Good Advice Editorial Anonymous 2010

  • And what makes this utter lack of substance far worse is that she can't even articulate her very simplistic thoughts without using staccato sentence fragments strung together as if she's reciting abbreviated notes illegibly scrawled on the backs of barroom napkins, and selected on-the-fly using a dart board.

    Bob Cesca: Famous for Being Famous: The Sarah Palin Show Is On the Air 2010

  • And what makes this utter lack of substance far worse is that she can't even articulate her very simplistic thoughts without using staccato sentence fragments strung together as if she's reciting abbreviated notes illegibly scrawled on the backs of barroom napkins, and selected on-the-fly using a dart board.

    Famous for Being Famous: The Sarah Palin Show Is On the Air 2010

  • A sightless person scribbling illegibly in the dark.

    Earl Pomerantz: Milestone 2009

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