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Crystal clear
Definitions
- 1 Completely clear (in various senses).; Without ambiguity or doubt; completely understood. idiomatic
"Reread through the manual until the instructions are crystal clear in your head."
- 2 Completely clear (in various senses).; Visually clear, a sharp image, of high acuity. idiomatic
"The picture on this TV is crystal clear – you can see every grain of sand!"
- 3 Completely clear (in various senses).; Very translucent or transparent. idiomatic
"On the lowest level are broad meadow lands, through which wanders a stream of the most crystal clear water imaginable."
- 4 Completely clear (in various senses).; Having no clouds. idiomatic
"Whence it comes that even in the crystal clearest weather Madeira’s sunshine spectrum is inordinately full of water-vapour stopped lines, the sun’s direct rays, though to general observation luminous enough, are signally deprived of their proper scorching heat, and the temperature range of the climate is immensely reduced for both the day and the year; […]"
- 5 Completely clear (in various senses).; Aurally clear. idiomatic
"There is still space available for the STARFIRE BAND performance featuring the crystal clearest, cleanest Pittsburgh Born and Bred Alto Vocals of the sensational Miss Judi Figel in our Summer Street Dance and Al Fresco Dining (inside if rain) series Music & Dancing 7-11 P.M"
- 1 (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable wordnet
- 2 transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English cristal cleer. Emphatic form of clear in visual and metaphorical “understandable” senses. Compare clear as a bell (“very clear (of sound)”).
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