perspicuity
Lucid expression quality
Perspicuity is the quality of being clear and easy to understand—transparency of expression.
A writer with perspicuity communicates without ambiguity or confusion.
The word is formal and somewhat rare, appearing mostly in academic or literary criticism: The perspicuity of her argument made it persuasive.
The adjective form is perspicuous.
Clearness of mind
- clearnessAbsence of obscurity
- plainnessUnadorned, straightforward quality
- explicitnessQuality of being unambiguous
- comprehensibilityClarity of meaning
intelligibility · simplicity · coherence · precision · articulateness · readability · accessibility · distinctness
Persuasive verbal grace
- eleganceRefined, graceful quality
- fluencySmooth linguistic command
- expressivenessAbility to convey emotion
- concisenessQuality of being brief
succinctness · brevity · polish · refinement · gracefulness · felicity · aptness · terseness
Formal speaking skill
- dictionChoice of words
- enunciationClarity of spoken words
- articulationClear vocal expression
- oratoryFormal eloquent discourse
exposition · explication · elucidation · demonstration · presentation · argumentation · reasoning · cogency
lucidity
Clearness of mind
- clearnessAbsence of obscurity
- plainnessUnadorned, straightforward quality
- explicitnessQuality of being unambiguous
comprehensibility · intelligibility · simplicity · coherence · precision · articulateness · readability · accessibility · distinctness · straightforwardness
eloquence
Persuasive verbal grace
- eleganceRefined, graceful quality
- fluencySmooth linguistic command
- expressivenessAbility to convey emotion
conciseness · succinctness · brevity · polish · refinement · gracefulness · felicity · aptness · terseness · pithiness
elocution
Formal speaking skill
- dictionChoice of words
- enunciationClarity of spoken words
- articulationClear vocal expression
oratory · exposition · explication · elucidation · demonstration · presentation · argumentation · reasoning · cogency · persuasiveness
- clarityclearness, clear, obvious, simplification, concise
- prose qualitiesclarity, eloquence, coherence, conciseness, flow
- scriptureBible, New Testament, Old Testament, verses, passages
- lucidityclarity, clearness, coherence, intelligibility, mental clarity
- Protestant theologyfaith alone, grace alone, Calvinism, Lutheranism, predestination
perspicuityobliquity
Angular deviation from perpendicular
obliqueness · circuitousness · indirectness · equivocation · deviousness
respect, aspect, suspect, inspect, prospect, species, perspective, spectacle, spectator