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[ adjective ] (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable

Examples

"writes in a limpid style" "lucid directions" "a luculent oration"- Robert Burton "pellucid prose" "a crystal clear explanation" "a perspicuous argument"

Used in print

(Musical America, LXXXI:5...)

This is precisely what makes lucid , straightforward music so difficult to compose - the clarity must be new , not old '' .

When Prokofieff forged his new clarity of `` lucid , straightforward music , so difficult to compose '' , he shaped his talents to his purpose .

Related terms

language clear

2
[ adjective ] having a clear mind

Examples

"a lucid moment in his madness"

Related terms

sane

3
[ adjective ] capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent manner

Synonyms

coherent logical

Examples

"a lucid thinker" "she was more coherent than she had been just after the accident"

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rational

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[ adjective ] transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity

Examples

"the cold crystalline water of melted snow" "crystal clear skies" "could see the sand on the bottom of the limpid pool" "lucid air" "a pellucid brook" "transparent crystal"

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clear

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