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Limpidity

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lim·pid  (lmpd)
adj.
1. Characterized by transparent clearness; pellucid. See Synonyms at clear.
2. Easily intelligible; clear: writes in a limpid style.
3. Calm and untroubled; serene.

[Latin limpidus.]

lim·pidi·ty, limpid·ness n.
limpid·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.limpidity - free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression
comprehensibility, understandability - the quality of comprehensible language or thought
monosemy - having a single meaning (absence of ambiguity) usually of individual words or phrases
focus - maximum clarity or distinctness of an idea; "the controversy brought clearly into focus an important difference of opinion"
clearcutness, preciseness - clarity as a consequence of precision
perspicuity, perspicuousness, plainness - clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous
unambiguity, unequivocalness - clarity achieved by the avoidance of ambiguity
explicitness - clarity as a consequence of being explicit
2.limpidity - passing light without diffusion or distortion
transparentness, transparence, transparency - the quality of being clear and transparent


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Their unrestrained laughter filling the hot, fern-clad ravine had a soulless limpidity, as of wild, inhuman dwellers in tropical woodlands.
Across the warm brown of her cheek her blown hair glittered like silver wire; and her eyes too looked lighter, almost pale in their youthful limpidity.
Her extreme limpidity was almost provoking, and I felt for the moment that she would have been more satisfactory if she had been less ingenuous.
 
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