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perspicuity

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Synonyms and Antonyms of perspicuity

clearness of expression

the perspicuity of this authorʼs prose is one of the reasons why her novels are still read and those of her contemporaries are gathering dust

Synonyms of perspicuity

clarity, explicitness, lucidity, lucidness, perspicuousness, simplicity

Words Related to perspicuity

incision, incisiveness

directness, forthrightness, openness, straightforwardness

readability, readableness

comprehensibility, intelligibility, legibility

Near Antonyms of perspicuity

ambiguity, ambiguousness, equivocalness, equivocation, inscrutability, inscrutableness, obliqueness, obliquity, opacity, opaqueness

impenetrability, incomprehensibility, incomprehensibleness, unintelligibility, unintelligibleness

circuitousness, deviousness, indirectness, indistinctness

dimness, disjointedness, incoherence

faintness, fuzziness, muddiness, nebulousness, vagueness

Antonyms of perspicuity

obscureness, obscurity, unclarity

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