clearness
- noun
- /ˈklɪrnəs/
:
claridad
- The clearness of the lake allowed us to see all the fish swimming below the surface.
Examples
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One line that sparked particular enthusiasm: "the finer the nature, the more flaws it will show through the clearness of it; and it is a law of this universe that the best things shall be seldomest seen in their best form."
Academic text (2011) -
Dirisha put one hand onto the plastic, pressing down with her palm; inside the machine, Geneva matched her move so that their hands, the dark and the pale, were separated by no more than a half centimeter of the hard clearness.
Fiction book (1991) -
We admired the clearness of the water in the spring, which made it easy to spot the rocks beneath.
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During the hike, the guide noted the clearness of the river, which was unusually transparent after the recent rains.
Synonyms
54
2.8
How easy it is to see things, for example in fog
30
2.7
How easy it is to see through something like clean water
5
4.6
To let light pass so you can see objects behind
1
4.5
Thin, light fabric that is almost see-through
The quality of being clear so you can see or understand something
Clear water or glass that lets light pass so you can see through
How clear something is so you can see through it
Clear quality that makes something easy to see or understand
The quality of letting light pass so you can partly see through something
The degree to which a material lets light pass through it
How easy it is to see something
Antonyms
How Clear
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Clearness comes from the simple word clear, which traces back to Latin clarus meaning 'bright' or 'clear', plus the ending -ness that turns an adjective into a thing. Think of bright, clean water you can see through; that image is why clearness describes how transparent a liquid is.