Clearer
['klɪərə]
Definition
(n.) One who, or that which, clears.
(n.) A tool of which the hemp for lines and twines, used by sailmakers, is finished.
Edited by Caleb
Examples
- He has a clearer conception of the divisions of science and of their relation to the mind of man than was possible to the ancients. Plato. The Republic.
- The longer the period of rest of each picture on the screen, the better the detail and the clearer the picture. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- They are not examples to be followed by us; for the use of language ought in every generation to become clearer and clearer. Plato. The Republic.
- Then because men were clearer about what they were doing, they could in a measure direct their destiny. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The lines are much clearer, and the color brighter. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- But since last night and this afternoon his mind was much clearer and cleaner on that business. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- But I like military terms because it makes orders clearer and for better discipline. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The result was a much clearer picture than the old St. Christopher had been. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- His appearance told what he had gone through lately clearer than his words; but where is the use of explaining? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Margaret related something to her the next day, which placed this matter in a still clearer light. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- He sees not as man sees, but far clearer: judges not as man judges, but far more wisely. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- My love, she's clearer than any counsel I ever heard! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- And the course is all the clearer from there being no salary in question to put my persistence in an equivocal light. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- My head may be clearer when I am free of it, and I may then agree with what you say to-day. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He wanted something clearer, more open, cooler, as it were. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Typed by Kevin