crystal clear

adjective

: perfectly or transparently clear
crystal clear water
her directions were crystal clear

Examples of crystal clear in a Sentence

“Was my request clear?” “Yes, crystal clear.” Eventually it became crystal clear that something had to change.
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The waters run almost crystal clear in places. Debra Utacia Krol, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025 This is crystal clear in the latest earnings release for one of its biggest movies of the year. Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025 Trump can't fire her on the suspicion of wrongdoing, and the courts need to take up Cook's lawsuit quickly and make that point crystal clear. Isaac Saul, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025 At press time, spokespeople for Cradle of Filth and Sheeran had not returned Billboard‘s request for comment on Šmerda’s statement, but the band made their position on the matter crystal clear in an Instagram post (see below). Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 27 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for crystal clear

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1528, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of crystal clear was circa 1528

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“Crystal clear.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crystal%20clear. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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