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Clarity and ease of understanding in expression.

noun

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perspicuity

The perspicuity of her explanation impressed the new students.
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A student association asked Leila to rewrite its guide to reserving rehearsal rooms. Her articulation of the process improved when she explained who should send each request and when a reply would arrive. The editor praised the perspicuity of the revised wording and the lucidity of its worked example, using two overlapping terms for clarity and ease of understanding.
From Making the Guide Understandable.
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