clearness
Mental or sensory distinctnessMental or sensory distinctness; clarity of understanding, perception etc.
» The clearness of the explanation satisfied him.
Meaning
4 senses(uncountable, usually)Mental or sensory distinctness; clarity of understanding, perception etc.
(uncountable, usually)The state of being free from obscurities or opacity; distinctness of light, colour etc.
The clearness of the water meant I could still see the key lying on the river-bed.
(uncountable, usually)The state of being free from obstruction or interference.
The clearness of the path made for an easy hike.
Klarheit
(obsolete, uncountable, usually)Brightness, brilliancy.
- the quality of clear water
- free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression
Examples
5 sentencesThe clearness of the explanation satisfied him.
As I rowed out into the river, the clearness of the water astounded me.
Clearness should be a guiding principle of every technical writer.
His logic possesses astonishing clearness.
deSeine Logik hat eine frappierende Klarheit.
I had listened with the greatest interest to the statement which Holmes, with characteristic clearness, had laid before me.
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English clernesse; equivalent to clear + -ness.From Middle English clernesse; equivalent to clear + -ness.
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Forms
plural: clearnesses| Singular | clearness |
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uncountable
Synonyms
6 synonyms- the quality of clear water:clarityuncloudedness
- free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression:clarityluciditylucidnesspelluciditylimpidity
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable