perspicuousnessn.

1697 J. Sergeant Solid Philos. 299 Whatever other Qualities or Powers they may have, if they had not that called Perspicuousness, it [sc. light] could not affect those Bodies at all.

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Perspicuousness, Clearness or Plainness in Writing or Speaking, or to be seen.

1787 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Norfolk II. To Rdr. p. vi With any degree of accuracy and perspicuousness.

1856 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire IV. xli. 605 No where else are his stories told with such vivacity and perspicuousness.

1859 B. M. Smith Family Relig. 143 This daily reading of God's word becomes..a mental stimulant, by the sublimity of its themes, the perspicuousness of its teachings, [etc.].

1925 J. Drinkwater Muse in Council 298 There will always be many more to divine the spirit of wonder in the depths and distances of a Corot than in the flat perspicuousness of a Cotman.

1950 William & Mary Q. 7 565 The style of the letter reveals the same perspicuousness and idiomatic vigor which grace other letters of this period known to be Franklin's.

2001 Boston Globe (Nexis) 11 Sept. d2 She possesses the uncanny ability to narrate her stories through the eyes of a broad melange of characters with incredible perspicuousness.