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  • 31Ningbo dialect — 寧波閒話 Spoken in People s Republic of China Region Ningbo, Zhejiang province Ethnicity Ningbo peop …

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  • 32clear — adj 1 Clear, transparent, translucent, lucid, pellucid, diaphanous, limpid are comparable when they mean having the property of being literally or figuratively seen through. Something is clear which is free from all such impediments to the vision …

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  • 33crystal clear — adjective 1. transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity the cold crystalline water of melted snow crystal clear skies could see the sand on the bottom of the limpid pool lucid air a pellucid brook transparent crystal • …

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  • 34luculent — adjective (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable writes in a limpid style lucid directions a luculent oration Robert Burton pellucid prose a crystal clear explanation a perspicuous argument • Syn: ↑ …

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  • 35clear — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English clere, from Anglo French cler, from Latin clarus clear, bright; akin to Latin calare to call more at low Date: 13th century 1. a. bright, luminous b. cloudless; specifically less than one tenth covered …

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  • 36perspicacious and perspicacity —    Having or showing penetrating thinking skills; clear sighted. Such an acuteness of perception is perspicacity. (pron. pr spi kay shes, pr spi kas e tee) Not to be confused with perspicuous. One easy way to keep out of trouble is to think of… …

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  • 37perspicuity — noun clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous • Syn: ↑perspicuousness, ↑plainness • Derivationally related forms: ↑plain (for: ↑plainness), ↑perspicuous (for: ↑ …

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  • 38perspicuousness — noun clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous • Syn: ↑perspicuity, ↑plainness • Derivationally related forms: ↑plain (for: ↑plainness), ↑perspicuous, ↑perspicuous ( …

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  • 39plainness — noun 1. the state of being unmixed with other material the plainness of vanilla ice cream • Derivationally related forms: ↑plain • Hypernyms: ↑purity, ↑pureness 2. clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous • Syn: ↑ …

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  • 40Clear — (kl[=e]r), a. [Compar. {Clearer} ( [ e]r); superl. {Clearest}.] [OE. cler, cleer, OF. cler, F. clair, fr.L. clarus, clear, bright, loud, distinct, renowned; perh. akin to L. clamare to call, E. claim. Cf. {Chanticleer}, {Clairvoyant}, {Claret},… …

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