Distinctness
[dis'tiŋktnis]
Definition
(n.) The quality or state of being distinct; a separation or difference that prevents confusion of parts or things.
(n.) Nice discrimination; hence, clearness; precision; as, he stated his arguments with great distinctness.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Difference.[2]. Clearness, precision, perspicuity, explicitness, lucidness.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Clearness, plainness, conspicuousness, perspicuity
ANT:Confusion, indistinctness, laziness
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Examples
- They gain an imaginary distinctness when embodied in a State or in a system of philosophy, but they still remain the visions of 'a world unrealized. Plato. The Republic.
- Beneath the brilliant light of Mars' two glorious moons the whole scene presented itself in vivid distinctness. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Although they spoke to each other in guarded tones, their words were pronounced with sufficient distinctness of utterance to reach my ears. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- She never abated the piercing quality of her shrieks, never stumbled in the distinctness or the order of her words. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Then a house, white, had a curious distinctness. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Miss Bart is not going back to the yacht, she said in a voice of singular distinctness. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Mrs. Snagsby, in a spectral bass voice and without removing her eyes from Chadband, says with dreadful distinctness, Go away! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- About three o'clock he said, with remarkable distinctness, Missy, come here! George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The doctor said again, with elaborate distinctness of articulation: Avez-vous du--vin! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- A face showed itself with marked distinctness against the dark-tanned wood of the upper part. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- There have been several modifications of Mr. Morse's telegraph, for the purpose of increasing the rapidity of its action and the distinctness of the marks. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- I remember it with minute distinctness: not only the time, but the days of the time, and the hours of the days. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- 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.
- Desperately, but not wildly, for she knew that if she lost distinctness of intention, all was lost and gone. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- One, namely, the distinctness of specific forms and their not being blended together by innumerable transitional links, is a very obvious difficulty. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
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