lucidity
noun
lu·cid·i·ty
lü-ˈsi-də-tē 
1
: clearness of thought or style
the lucidity of the explanation
2
: a presumed capacity to perceive the truth directly and instantaneously : clairvoyance
when the spirit is drawn to lucidity by the immediacy of death—
Graham Greene
Graham GreeneExamples of lucidity in a Sentence
the lucidity of the recipe should ensure a minimum of confusion
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The 40 Water will deliver us to lucidity on Sunday night.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
In past decades, the Nobel Prize committee has tended to prefer lucidity and clarity, in poetry as well as prose, over experimentation.
—Walt Hunter, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025
In sleep labs, researchers train dreamers to signal lucidity through deliberate eye movements, which can be time-stamped using electrooculography (EOG).
—Rachel Barr, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
Isla is largely confined to bed upstairs, feverish with an undiagnosed illness that gives her severe pain and erratic lucidity.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2025
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Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
In past decades, the Nobel Prize committee has tended to prefer lucidity and clarity, in poetry as well as prose, over experimentation.
—Walt Hunter, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025
In sleep labs, researchers train dreamers to signal lucidity through deliberate eye movements, which can be time-stamped using electrooculography (EOG).
—Rachel Barr, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
Isla is largely confined to bed upstairs, feverish with an undiagnosed illness that gives her severe pain and erratic lucidity.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for lucidity
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“Lucidity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lucidity. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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