distinctness
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5.5
- noun
- /dɪsˈtɪŋktnəs/
:
claridad
- The distinctness of her voice made her stand out during the presentation.
Examples
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He appreciated the distinctness of the flavors in the gourmet dish.
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The solution to the sovereignty claim, according to Tamil separatists, is for believers in the distinctness of cultures to divide the country on ethnic or cultural lines, instituting a more or less advanced federal constitutional arrangement.
Academic text (2006) -
All this would not happen with such distinctness to someone asleep.
Academic text (2017) -
So what was it in the wax that I understood with such distinctness?
Academic text (2017) -
For my own part, I have never had a thought which I could not set down in words, with even more distinctness than that with which I conceived it.
Academic text (1997) -
They define with tolerable distinctness in what respect they did consider all men created equal.
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Feel the press of hand crossed over hand: without any distraction, you feel your body with the same distinctness as a lover's touch makes you feel yourself.
Fiction book (1994) -
Though clearness and distinctness are everything to Descartes, he doesn't have time to make his meaning clear when he's dying.
Fiction book (1990) -
Doctrines seek an understanding of truth and affirmations of religious realities, although their understanding is limited to the clarity and distinctness of their affirmation.
Academic text (2009) -
Whether other subregions of the BSAI ecosystem should be managed more precisely will depend in part on the distinctness of ecosystem responses in different parts of the system.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
152
3.0
How easy it is to understand what someone says or writes
41
2.8
How clear and easy it is to see the shape or small details of something
12
7.0
The quality of being exact and detailed
5
3.2
How clear and detailed an image or sound appears
1
6.4
A clear and exact way of saying something so people cannot misunderstand
How easy it is to see or tell things apart
How easy it is to see that something is different from others
How easy it is to recognise or tell something apart from others
How clear and easy to understand something is
A state of being clear and exact so there is no doubt
A clear and final quality that leaves no doubt
A clear meaning that leaves no doubt
Antonyms
How Clear
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word distinctness comes from distinct, with dis- 'apart' and the same root as distinguish, which is about separating things so you can notice them. That's why distinctness also means how clear or sharply defined something is, something you can easily see or hear.