illegibly

Example Sentences

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I love its tissue-thin pages and illegibly small type that you have to read with the magnifying glass that comes with it in a little drawer.

From New York Times • Aug. 26, 2021

Most of us sign our names so illegibly that it’s useless in proving our identity.

From Washington Post • May 15, 2018

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 onto a single page of parchment.

From New York Times • Jun. 14, 2015

It is not reasonable to think that people can write terribly, illegibly badly almost all the time and then elevate their handwriting for special purposes.

From The Guardian • Oct. 6, 2012

And this one scrawled illegibly on a lined pad.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck