clarity
clearness or lucidity as to perception or understanding; freedom from indistinctness or ambiguity.
the state or quality of being clear or transparent to the eye; pellucidity: the clarity of pure water.
Origin of clarity
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- un·clar·i·ty, noun
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How to use clarity in a sentence
They’re seeking online public workshops for residents to share their priorities for the next chief, public disclosure of the participants involved in the process and clarity on how community input will be used in the decision-making process.
Oceanside Is Rethinking Its Police Chief Hiring Process Following Community Concerns | Kayla Jimenez | September 14, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoThe new attributes help provide clarity and reassurance to potential customers that safety protocols are in place.
Local businesses can highlight COVID-19 ‘health & safety’ measures with Google My Business | Greg Sterling | September 10, 2020 | Search Engine LandThe conversation below has been edited for length and clarity.
‘A real uphill battle’: Why China will struggle to counter U.S.’s attack on Huawei | Veta Chan | September 10, 2020 | FortuneOur conversation, which has been lightly edited for length and clarity, follows.
“People want to believe”: How Love Fraud builds an absorbing docuseries around a romantic con man | Alissa Wilkinson | September 4, 2020 | VoxObjectively measuring loneliness in the brain, as opposed to asking people how they feel, could provide some clarity on the connection between depression and loneliness, for example.
Why do you feel lonely? Neuroscience is starting to find answers. | Amy Nordrum | September 4, 2020 | MIT Technology Review
In the end, the clarity that comes from moments of horror can help us recommit to deeper principles.
Moral clarity would dictate that civil-rights and other civic leaders would speak out against such a senseless act of violence.
The writer has followed a rule but compromised clarity; whether the vote or the approval was immediate is ambiguous.
Go Ahead, End With a Preposition: Grammar Rules We All Can Live With | Nick Romeo | November 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe lack of legal clarity is only one piece of an already frenzied and shifting operating environment.
Lachs writes with clarity and concision—admirable concision, considering how unwieldy university press offerings tend to be.
The explanation of his mysterious earlier moods offered itself with a clarity that was ghastly.
The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodThe voice that had been held rigidly to the usual calm clarity of an official announcer became suddenly high-pitched and vibrant.
Astounding Stories, May, 1931 | VariousWell, for the sake of clarity of the record, at this point let me suggest that we go off the record, and Mr. Wilcox is available.
Warren Commission (10 of 26): Hearings Vol. X (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyGreat mental anguish is accompanied by no clarity of thought and graves no connected memories on the mind.
A Virginia Scout | Hugh PendexterShe sang the praises of Athenian literature and art and life; there was sanity and clarity, there was balance and serenity!
Love's Pilgrimage | Upton Sinclair
British Dictionary definitions for clarity
/ (ˈklærɪtɪ) /
clearness, as of expression
clearness, as of water
Origin of clarity
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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