clearness
English
Etymology
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Pronunciation
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Noun
clearness (uncountable)
- Template:obsolete Brightness, brilliancy. [14th-17th c.]
- 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XVII:
- And with that he saw the chambir dore opyn, and there cam oute a grete clerenesse, that the house was as bryght as all the tourcheis of the worlde had bene there.
- 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XVII:
- Mental or sensory distinctness; clarity of understanding, perception etc. [from 16th c.]
- 1966, "The Lowest Depths", Time, 6 sep 1966:
- The daily press is the evil principle of the modern world, and time will only serve to disclose this fact with greater and greater clearness.
- 1966, "The Lowest Depths", Time, 6 sep 1966:
- The state of being free from obscurities or opacity; distinctness of light, colour etc. [from 17th c.]
- The clearness of the water meant I could still see the key lying on the river-bed.
- The state of being free from obstruction or interference. [from 17th c.]
- The clearness of the path made for an easy hike.