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adjective

lucid

expressed clearly; easy to understand

In a sentence

Six example sentences with lucid, each labelled with its topic.

  • The essay is so lucid that editors reprint it whenever a new generation needs an introduction to the period.

    Literature

  • The lectures were famously lucid, turning a tangle of medieval arguments into something a first year student could repeat correctly.

    Philosophy

  • The therapist explained the diagnosis in such lucid terms that the family repeated it correctly to relatives that evening.

    Psychology

  • The manual is unusually lucid, walking a first-time user from unboxing to a working network in nine short pages.

    Technology

  • The judge's ruling was lucid enough that the newspapers quoted it whole, without a lawyer to translate.

    Law

  • Her lucid explanation of inflation used a single loaf of bread, and the whole class could repeat it afterward.

    Economics

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