Perspicuity
[,pɝspɪ'kjʊəti]
Definition
(n.) The quality or state of being transparent or translucent.
(n.) The quality of being perspicuous to the understanding; clearness of expression or thought.
(n.) Sagacity; perspicacity.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Clearness, lucidness, transparency, plainness, intelligibility, perspicuousness.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Clearness, lucidity, transparency, intelligibility
ANT:Obscurity, turbidity, unintelligibility, mystification, confusedness
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Examples
- Joe recited this couplet with such manifest pride and careful perspicuity, that I asked him if he had made it himself. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- In point of perspicuity, precision, and distinctness, therefore, the duties of customs are much inferior to those of excise. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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