perspicuous
adjective
clearly expressed or presented; lucid.
perspicuously
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a word derived from
perspicuous.
Example Sentences
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The recent improvements have been perspicuously stated by Mr. Herapath, of Cranford, in a letter in the Times newspaper, and we cannot do better than adopt and abridge a portion of his communication.
From The Mirror Of Literature, Amusement, And Instruction Volume 14, No. 391, September 26, 1829 by Various
For it is fit that what is first seen should be splendid and magnificent, and should as it were perspicuously announce all that grandeur which afterwards presents itself to the view.
From Introduction to the Philosophy and Writings of Plato by Thomas Taylor
I saw several reviews of it, and I was amused to find that the critics perspicuously conjectured that because it was written in the first person it was probably autobiographical.
From The Silent Isle by Arthur Christopher Benson
Harvey adopted the notion, and more fully and perspicuously proved it.
From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Isaac Disraeli
To these might be added didactic and rhetorical exercises for improving the student in the practice of writing—not merely accurately, but elegantly and perspicuously.
From The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) by Various
