lucid

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He was never again lucid or strong enough to insist that treatment be stopped.

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Quick take

(of language) transparently clear; easily understandable; "writes in a limpid style"; "lucid directions"; "a luculent oration"- Robert Burton; "pellucid prose"; "a crystal clear explanation"; "a perspicuous argument"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of lucid gathered in one view.

adjective

having a clear mind; "a lucid moment in his madness"

adjective

capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent manner; "a lucid thinker"; "she was more coherent than she had been just after the accident"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for lucid.

adjective

See also: limpid, luculent, pellucid, perspicuous

adjective

having a clear mind; "a lucid moment in his madness"

adjective

capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent manner; "a lucid thinker"; "she was more coherent than she had been just after the accident"

adjective

transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity; "the cold crystalline water of melted snow"; "crystal clear skies"; "could see the sand on the bottom of the limpid pool"; "lucid air"; "a pellucid brook"; "transparent crystal"

See also: crystalline, limpid, pellucid, transparent

Example sentences

He was never again lucid or strong enough to insist that treatment be stopped.

There is a better research base, by far, for the writing self-help than for lucid dreaming.

Yet it asks you to return, its a feeling I can only relate to with lucid dreaming.

And when I can't, being stuck inside studying, I'd have near lucid daydreams of running around outside.

Props to Bloomberg for this incredibly lucid op-ed.

I don't get the impression that lucid dreaming is really as beneficial as they think it is.

One day she could not move anymore at all, and by sheer coincidence she was lucid at the time despite her heavy morphine dosage.

I've talked to some ardent Java adherents, and they have lucid cases for not going over to Python or Ruby or Clojure or what have you.

Not only is K&R _the_ book for C, it's an example for engaging, lucid, just-right technical writing that any technical manual should strive for.

All we see in the article is anecdotes, summed up by"For Hobson, the neuroscientist, the benefits of being able to achieve lucid dreaming are much simpler.

The arguments in the original link are by-now-familiar platitudes, even if they are lucid.

Where is there any evidence that lucid dreaming is helpful rather than harmful, long-term?Best wishes for much success in improving your personal insight and problem-solving.

Some cases I know about from personal observation involve disturbing sleep cycles so much in pursuit of lucid dreams that the young people failed in work environments or crashed and burned in their university studies.

This sounds more like a narrative that supports your entrenched position, personal worldview, and target audience, rather than an actual useful summary of the many lucid arguments put forward in the original link.

Such a father might well turn to a legally-educated, historically-knowledgable third-party, one well-versed in writing convincing, lucid arguments, for guidance and oversight.