vividness

noun

as in clearness

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Recent Examples of vividness At certain moments, her life possesses the brilliant vividness of fiction or myth. — Ian Penman, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026 Scent can drop you into a moment from decades ago with a vividness no photograph can match. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 16 June 2026 Whatever transformation occurs reflects the brute metamorphosis of character into symbol, not the fullness of realism or the vividness of fiction. — Literary Hub, 2 Apr. 2026 Yet the vividness of these rare deaths powerfully shapes how people perceive and respond to risk. — Alejandro Hortal-Sánchez, The Conversation, 24 Mar. 2026 The social world seen through her lens—women riding bicycles, women playing tennis, women embracing one another—has an irresistible vividness. — Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2025 And a great director could achieve a kind of vividness that is not yet available. — William Earl, Variety, 14 Nov. 2025 Through the first-person narration of his protagonist, Nicholas, a teenager suddenly besieged by anxiety, Clune conveys with uncanny vividness what a panic attack feels like. — Scott Stossel, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vividness
  1. clearness
  2. directness
  3. incisiveness
  4. straightforwardness
  5. plainness
  6. absoluteness
  7. fervor
  8. warmth
Noun
  • Wine-Coca conduces to mental activity and clearness, prevents fatigue and exhaustion, brings cheerfulness and sweet refreshing sleep.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 29 May 2026
Definition of clearness
Noun
  • Similar is true of Dan Ndoye, the Swiss international, who has impressed Glasner with his pace and directness since returning from an extended break following World Cup duty.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Marius, approaching 50, is a big doctor in this provincial city, not just a surgeon but the director of the hospital, and a man who prides himself on his directness and honesty.
    — Jay Weissberg, Variety, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of directness
Noun
  • Sen’s choreography extends this ancient form, adding partnering and dynamic range; her dancers, all trained under her tutelage, move with extraordinary clarity and incisiveness.
    — Shauna Lyon, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Howard Cosell would announce the news of Lennon’s death on Monday Night Football, a sound bite that Soderbergh, with his customary incisiveness and aversion to the maudlin, includes here.
    — Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2026
Definition of incisiveness
Noun
  • But the Windows handheld software experience on the Claw is just awful compared to the straightforwardness of SteamOS on the Steam Deck.
    — Jay Peters, The Verge, 23 June 2026
  • On Monday morning, Starmer, whose resignation has appeared inevitable for some time, delivered the news with his customary straightforwardness.
    — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
Definition of straightforwardness
Noun
  • The sheer fact of filming fills a frame, even one composed with quasi-documentary plainness, with a plethora of details of narrative, expressive, aesthetic, intellectual, and historical import.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 9 July 2026
  • To understand why men might have adopted a clothing system that prioritized plainness and conformity over color and change, this book investigates the gradual crystallization of this civic uniform of masculinity.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 June 2026
Definition of plainness
Noun
  • In one note, Miles can play absoluteness.
    — Steve Baltin, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2026
  • The seeming absoluteness of scientific thinking may predispose many medical practitioners or public health workers to assume the populace trust them, that evidential claims naturally validate interventions — no further Q&A needed.
    — Cory Anderson, STAT, 6 Mar. 2026
Definition of absoluteness
Noun
  • In Year One, the Valkyries made history by reaching the playoffs and becoming the most valuable WNBA team, thanks to fan fervor surrounding the team.
    — Jose Fabian, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Some analysts warn that instead of provoking discontent, the attacks could fuel stronger anti-Ukrainian and anti-Western fervor.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of fervor
Noun
  • Insider tip From check-in onward, the staff's impressive hospitality and warmth stand out.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Aug. 2026
  • As long as everything is well proportioned, those extra layers add depth, character and warmth.
    — Hannah Coates, Vogue, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of warmth

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