pellucidlyadv.
/pᵻˈl(j)uːsᵻdli/, /pɛˈl(j)uːsᵻdli/, U.S. /pəˈl(j)usədli/ In a pellucid manner; transparently, clearly, lucidly. Now frequently figurative.
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the world > matter > light > transparency or translucence > [adverb]
clearlya1375
tralucently1597
transparently1617
translucently1643
diaphanously1683
pellucidly1754
liquidly1821
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > clarity > [adverb]
openlyOE
clearly1340
lightsomely?1510
perspicuously1592
luculently1613
dilucidly1638
lucidlyc1705
luminously1816
transpicuously1852
pellucidly1868
limpidly1870
1754 S. Mihles tr. A. von Haller Physiol. II. 360 If the said cellular and pellucidly vascular fabrics yield too easily to the nervous and arterious powers.
1825 J. H. Wiffen tr. T. Tasso Jerusalem Delivered II. xv. lix. 266 The waves that played Round her, each limb beneath pellucidly arrayed.
1868 Contemp. Rev. 9 76 Blake is uniformly pure, sweet, pellucidly perfect in form.
1929 Mind 38 394 It [sc. the book] is comprehensive, well ordered, well informed..absorbingly interesting in its choice of material and pellucidly clear in the exposition of it.
1973 D. Potter Hide & Seek (1990) (BNC) This laborious passing from the ‘dungeon of lust’ into the pellucidly clear air of the mountains of Tasgi.
1984 N. Henderson Private Office vii. 94 Spaak explained unemotionally and pellucidly.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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