Lucidity
[lʊ'sɪdəti]
Definition
(n.) The quality or state of being lucid.
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Examples
- For the purpose of increased lucidity we will first show a plain multiple-series system. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The light had come back to his eyes and the colour to his cheeks, as he set himself with great vigour and lucidity to explain the situation. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Her quiet lucidity startled him, but did not mislead him into thinking her insensible. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Webster has a marvellous capacity for understanding things scientific; and his address before the courts was lucidity itself. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The sharp release from her fears restored Lily to immediate lucidity. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The last subject, and also the origin of Retail Trade, is treated with admirable lucidity in the second book of the Republic. Plato. The Republic.
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