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lucidity

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lu·cid  (lsd)
adj.
1. Easily understood; intelligible.
2. Mentally sound; sane or rational.
3. Translucent or transparent. See Synonyms at clear.

[Latin lcidus, from lcre, to shine; see leuk- in Indo-European roots.]

lu·cidi·ty, lucid·ness n.
lucid·ly adv.

lucidity
the quality, state, or art of clarity in thought and style. — lucidness, n. — lucid, adj.
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ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.lucidity - 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.lucidity - a lucid state of mind; not confused
saneness, sanity - normal or sound powers of mind
Translations
Spanish lucidity [luːˈsɪdɪtɪ] nlucidez f
French lucidity [luːˈsɪdɪtɪ] nlucidité f
German lucidity [luːˈsɪdɪtɪ] lucid nKlarheit f
Italian lucidity [luːˈsɪdɪtɪ] nlucidità

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My lucidity must have seemed awful, but the charming creatures who were victims of it, passing and repassing in their interlocked sweetness, gave my colleague something to hold on by; and I felt how tight she held as, without stirring in the breath of my passion, she covered them still with her eyes.
And sometime under the liquor drug, snatches of wisdom came to him far more lucidity than in his sober moments, as, for instance, one night, when he sat on the edge of the bed with one shoe in his hand and meditated on Dede's aphorism to the effect that he could not sleep in more than one bed at a time.
It was very lucky perhaps for me that in a way I was like a very sick man who has yet preserved all his lucidity.
 
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