— perspicuously , adv. — perspicuousness , n.
/peuhr spik"yooh euhs/ , adj.
1. clearly expressed or presented; lucid.
2. perspicacious.
[ 1470-80; perspicuus transparent, equiv. to perspic-, s. of perspicere to look or see through ( per- PER- + -spicere, comb. form of specere to look; see INSPECT) + -uus deverbal adj. suffix ]
Syn. 1. intelligible, plain, distinct, explicit.
Ant. 1. obscure, indistinct.