lucid
easily understood; completely intelligible or comprehensible: a lucid explanation.
characterized by clear perception or understanding; rational or sane: a lucid moment in his madness.
shining or bright.
clear; pellucid; transparent.
Origin of lucid
1Other words for lucid
Opposites for lucid
Other words from lucid
- lu·cid·i·ty, lu·cid·ness, noun
- lu·cid·ly, adverb
- non·lu·cid, adjective
- non·lu·cid·ly, adverb
- non·lu·cid·ness, noun
- un·lu·cid, adjective
- un·lu·cid·ly, adverb
- un·lu·cid·ness, noun
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How to use lucid in a sentence
Then one night, during a rare lucid moment, he asked his son to help him sit up.
Behind a national memorial for Native American veterans, stories of slow loss, swift change and boots two sizes too big | Theresa Vargas | November 11, 2020 | Washington PostPlease read this brief (15 pages) and lucidly written report published last December by the Congressional Research Service.
Murray does not state this point as lucidly as one might wish, so the quotations will have to skip around a bit.
Vinaigrettes may be made with any type of vinegar and any type of oil, which is why it is impossible to write lucidly about them.
This is the heart of the crisis—and the president lucidly explained much of it in his speech.
He argued the matter during two hours, and no doubt lucidly and forcibly.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayI told him, lucidly as possible, everything I have related in these pages, and the admission of Griggs.
Richard Carvel, Complete | Winston ChurchillThen, as if by a sudden jump, his power of thinking lucidly came back, and he looked round for the officer he had tried to help.
Marcus: the Young Centurion | George Manville FennAnd he explained carefully and lucidly enough—though through occasional yawns—what had happened between Garstin and himself.
December Love | Robert HichensDuring all this time he seemed cheerful, and spoke quite lucidly on various topics.
Prince Zaleski | M.P. Shiel
British Dictionary definitions for lucid
/ (ˈluːsɪd) /
readily understood; clear
shining or glowing
psychiatry of or relating to a period of normality between periods of insane or irresponsible behaviour
Origin of lucid
1Derived forms of lucid
- lucidity or lucidness, noun
- lucidly, adverb
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