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perspicuousness

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per·spic·u·ous  (pr-spky-s)
adj.
1. Clearly expressed or presented; easy to understand: perspicuous prose.
2. Expressing oneself clearly and effectively: a perspicuous lecturer.

[From Latin perspicuus, from perspicere, to see through; see perspicacious.]

per·spicu·ous·ly adv.
per·spicu·ous·ness n.
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Noun1.perspicuousness - clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous
clarity, clearness, limpidity, lucidity, lucidness, pellucidity - free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression


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