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noun

Distinctness n.

The quality or state of being distinct; a separation or difference that prevents confusion of parts or things. "The soul's... distinctness from the body."

Nice discrimination; hence, clearness; precision; as, he stated his arguments with great distinctness.

Synonyms: Plainness; clearness; precision; perspicuity.

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Etymology of 'Distinctness'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Distinctness" Quotes from Famous Books

... to use—words that were equivalent to realities. In his "Reisebilder," he describes the scene—cafe basin, swans, and townsfolk upon the quays—Heaven knows what portraits he makes of them! He returns to it again in his poem, "Germania," and there is so much life to the picture, such distinctness, such relief, that sight itself ...

— Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume V (of X) • Various

... The 'Half-Hours' are filled with clear and agreeable descriptions, whilst eight plates, executed with the most beautiful minuteness and sharpness, exhibit no less than 250 objects with the utmost attainable distinctness."—Critic. ...

— The Big Brother - A Story of Indian War • George Cary Eggleston

... another—a charming man, and always fascinating, whether he was talking or whether he was sitting still (what he would call still, but what would be more or less motion to other people). I can see those figures with entire distinctness across ...

— Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete - The Personal And Literary Life Of Samuel Langhorne Clemens • Albert Bigelow Paine

... extreme of leafiness and the undulations are masses of green leaves; as far as the eye can reach with distinctness it rests on a mantle of that hue, and beyond the scene becomes dark blue. Near at hand many gay flowers peep out. Here and there the scarlet martagon (Lilium chalcedonicum), bright blue or yellow gingers; red, orange, yellow, ...

— The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 • David Livingstone

... dropping his voice a little but still speaking with great distinctness, "William Bull is a cunning and dangerous criminal whom I should prefer ...

— The Evil Shepherd • E. Phillips Oppenheim

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