clarity

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It is this liveliness rather than probative clarity which is the basis of aesthetic experience.

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  1. noun Clearness of appearance: the clarity of the mountain air.
  2. noun Clearness of thought or style; lucidity: writes with clarity and perception.

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  • He was gray-haired, his countenance furrowed, clearly a leader. —  Starfarers
  • It is this liveliness rather than probative clarity which is the basis of aesthetic experience. —  18th Century German Aesthetics
  • DOUGHERTY: But on the key issue of Iran, that reset doesn't give the secretary of state what a senior official says she came for, clarity from the Russians on what specific forms of pressure they would be willing to sign on to if Iran doesn't come clean on its nuclear program -- Clinton's strategy, a dual-track approach. —  CNN Transcript Oct 13, 2009
  • BLITZER: For the last several years you've been on this program, you've been calling for, appealing for what you call a clarity of purpose. —  CNN Transcript Jan 7, 2007
  • And the clarity is the other one you really want to pay attention to. —  CNN Transcript Feb 9, 2008
 

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  1. Middle English clarite, brightness, from Latin clāritās, clearness, from clārus, clear; see clear.

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  1. from Middle English clarite, claretee, also clerete, cleecrte, clerte, from Old French clerte, clartet, French clarté = Pr. claritat = Spanish claridad = Portuguese claridade = Italian chiarità, from Latin clarita(t-)s, clearness, from clarus, clear: see clear, a.
 

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/ˈklærəti/
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