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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Clearness \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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
clearness
n 1: free from obscurity and easy to understand; the
comprehensibility of clear expression [syn: {clarity}, {lucidity},
{pellucidity}, {limpidity}] [ant: {unclearness}, {obscureness}]
2: the quality of clear water; "when she awoke the clarity was
back in her eyes" [syn: {clarity}, {uncloudedness}] [ant:
{opacity}]
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