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2 definitions found 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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