"perspicuously" meaning in English

See perspicuously in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

Forms: more perspicuously [comparative], most perspicuously [superlative]
Etymology: From perspicuous + -ly. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|perspicuous|ly}} perspicuous + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} perspicuously (comparative more perspicuously, superlative most perspicuously)
  1. With clarity and lucidity. Related terms: perspicuity, perspicuous, perspicuousness, perspicacious, perspicaciously, perspicacity, perspective
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