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Etymology
Etymology tree English perspicuous Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English perspicuously From perspicuous + -ly.
Meanings
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With clarity and lucidity.
Even the derangement of the phrases from their (so-called) natural order is luminous for the mind; and it is by the means of such designed reversal that the elements of a judgment may be most pertinently marshalled, or the stages of a complicated action most perspicuously bound into one.
1905, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Art of Writing:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most perspicuously | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more perspicuously | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Relateds
perspicuity · perspicuous · perspicacious · perspicacity · perspicaciously · perspicuousness · perspective