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/ˌpəːspɪˈkjuːɪti/ · noun
Clarity, lucidity, especially in expression; the state or characteristic of being perspicuous..
[…]whether through the first officer's want of perspicuity or my own stupidity, I was not a bit the wiser for the explanation.
“Well,” I answered, at first with uncertainty, then with inspiration, “he would do splendidly to lead your cotillon, if you think of having one.” ¶ “So you do not dance, Mr. Crocker?” ¶ I was somewhat set back by her perspicuity.
Thompson, a high school dropout, said with rare perspicuity that he doubted the FBI would hire him.
It must have been on some such day of harsh sunlight, the incisive February brightness that gives perspicuity without warmth.
Use perspicuity when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Perspicuity means Clarity, lucidity, especially in expression; the state or characteristic of being perspicuous..
Common synonyms include perspicuousness, plainness.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[…]whether through the first officer's want of perspicuity or my own stupidity, I was not a bit the wiser for the explanation.
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