lucidity
noun
lu·cid·i·ty
lü-ˈsi-də-tē 
1
: clearness of thought or style
the lucidity of the explanation
2
: a presumed capacity to perceive the truth directly and instantaneously : clairvoyance
when the spirit is drawn to lucidity by the immediacy of death—
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Examples of lucidity in a Sentence
the lucidity of the recipe should ensure a minimum of confusion
Recent Examples on the Web
Curran captivates as the mercurial sovereign, who veers between moments of lucidity and long stretches of what seems like madness, though it’s never identified as such.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 5 Apr. 2024
Hung with Manet’s drawings and prints, a cover for some sheet music and a political caricature, the room presents a piecemeal, messy conclusion to a show that’s otherwise exemplary in its lucidity.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2023
As each Nora states with emphatic lucidity, informed by today’s society where women’s rights are threatened, the duties and dignities of womanhood begin with humanity, and the doll wife must be destroyed.
—David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2024
This insight, and the lucidity Wilson brings to it, may be the greatest revelation of her Iliad.
—Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
Tales of drinking and heartbreak are rendered with catchy songcraft and foul-mouthed lucidity.
—Chris Norris, SPIN, 30 Nov. 2023
Her dedication to her husband, and pleasure in his moments of adoring lucidity, is a transfixing grace.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2023
Republican lawmakers, in a rare moment of lucidity, figured out that running slap over Black Democrats, session after session, was a bad look for them.
—Kyle Whitmire | Kwhitmire@al.com, al, 5 July 2023
While her lucidity survived the illness, much of her memory did not.
—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 23 June 2016
Alison Herman, Variety, 5 Apr. 2024
Hung with Manet’s drawings and prints, a cover for some sheet music and a political caricature, the room presents a piecemeal, messy conclusion to a show that’s otherwise exemplary in its lucidity.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2023
As each Nora states with emphatic lucidity, informed by today’s society where women’s rights are threatened, the duties and dignities of womanhood begin with humanity, and the doll wife must be destroyed.
—David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2024
This insight, and the lucidity Wilson brings to it, may be the greatest revelation of her Iliad.
—Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
Tales of drinking and heartbreak are rendered with catchy songcraft and foul-mouthed lucidity.
—Chris Norris, SPIN, 30 Nov. 2023
Her dedication to her husband, and pleasure in his moments of adoring lucidity, is a transfixing grace.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2023
Republican lawmakers, in a rare moment of lucidity, figured out that running slap over Black Democrats, session after session, was a bad look for them.
—Kyle Whitmire | Kwhitmire@al.com, al, 5 July 2023
While her lucidity survived the illness, much of her memory did not.
—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 23 June 2016
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“Lucidity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lucidity. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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