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Definitions for: Clearness
[n] the quality of clear water; "when she awoke the clarity was back in her eyes"
[n] free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression
Webster (1913) Definition: Clear"ness, n.
The quality or state of being clear.
Syn: Clearness, Perspicuity.
Usage: Clearness has reference to our ideas, and springs from
a distinct conception of the subject under
consideration. Perspicuity has reference to the mode
of expressing our ideas and belongs essentially to
style. Hence we speak of a writer as having clear
ideas, a clear arrangement, and perspicuous
phraseology. We do at times speak of a person's having
great clearness of style; but in such cases we are
usually thinking of the clearness of his ideas as
manifested in language. ``Whenever men think clearly,
and are thoroughly interested, they express themselves
with perspicuity and force.'' --Robertson.
Synonyms: clarity, limpidity, lucidity, pellucidity, uncloudedness
Antonyms: abstruseness, obscureness, obscurity, opacity, opaqueness, reconditeness, unclearness
See Also: clearcutness, comprehensibility, distinctness, explicitness, focus, monosemy, perspicuity, perspicuousness, plainness, preciseness, quality, semitransparency, sharpness, translucence, translucency, transparence, transparency, transparentness, unambiguity, understandability, unequivocalness, visibility
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