Thesaurus / clear-cut
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The cropped grass shone clear as emerald, and all the garden showed clear-cut and solid and stable in its propriety and order.
THE CREATORSMAY SINCLAIRHonoria Pryse crossed the room in her quick, delicate way; her shrewd, clear-cut face was slightly flushed.
THE RAKE'S PROGRESSMARJORIE BOWENMany of the young dancers were remarkably pretty, all possessing the clear-cut features of their race.
MICHAEL STROGOFFJULES VERNEShe was a very beautiful woman of about thirty, with a small head and a clear-cut grave face.
THE ROMANCE OF HIS LIFEMARY CHOLMONDELEYStephen was not a prig and she recognized the justice of his arguments, but he was rather hard and his views were too clear-cut.
THE GIRL FROM KELLER'SHAROLD BINDLOSSImplicit in Aristotle and throughout classical literary criticism there is a clear-cut distinction between poetic and rhetoric.
RHETORIC AND POETRY IN THE RENAISSANCEDONALD LEMEN CLARKThe bruises of his trip were evident upon the clear-cut features.
THE GHOST BREAKERCHARLES GODDARDHe was a man of powerful frame, and strong, fine physionomy; with a mind as virile as the former, and as clear-cut as the latter.
UNVEILING A PARALLELALICE ILGENFRITZ JONES AND ELLA MARCHANTNancy felt happy tears welling into her eyes, and Della Rocca's clear-cut, down-curving profile wavered before her gaze.
THE DEVOURERSANNIE VIVANTI CHARTRESJack had received a clear cut almost across the forehead, from which the blood was still oozing.
A CHAPTER OF ADVENTURESG. A. HENTYWORDS RELATED TO CLEAR-CUT
- absolute
- actual
- affirmative
- assured
- categorical
- clear
- clear-cut
- cocksure
- cold
- complete
- conclusive
- concrete
- confident
- consummate
- convinced
- decided
- decisive
- direct
- downright
- explicit
- express
- factual
- firm
- forceful
- forcible
- genuine
- hard
- inarguable
- incontestable
- incontrovertible
- indisputable
- indubitable
- irrefutable
- out-and-out
- outright
- perfect
- rank
- real
- specific
- sure
- thorough
- thoroughgoing
- unambiguous
- undeniable
- unequivocal
- unmistakable
- unmitigated
- absolute
- accurate
- actual
- categorical
- circumscribed
- clear-cut
- correct
- decisive
- definite
- determinate
- exact
- explicit
- express
- fixed
- individual
- limited
- literal
- narrow
- nice
- on the button
- on the money
- on the nose
- on-target
- particular
- proper
- restricted
- right
- rigid
- rigorous
- specific
- strict
- stringent
- unequivocal
- very
- well-defined
- advisable
- all there
- arguable
- believable
- cerebral
- clear-cut
- cognitive
- commonsensical
- conscious
- consequent
- consistent
- cool
- credible
- in one's right mind
- judicious
- justifiable
- levelheaded
- logical
- perceiving
- percipient
- plausible
- ratiocinative
- rational
- reasoned
- reasoning
- reflective
- sane
- sensible
- sober
- sound
- tenable
- thought-out
- thoughtful
- together
- tolerant
- unbiased
- unprejudiced
- well-advised
- wise
- categorical
- characteristic
- clean-cut
- clear-cut
- cut fine
- dead on
- definite
- definitive
- different
- distinct
- downright
- drawn fine
- especial
- exact
- explicit
- express
- flat out
- hit nail on head
- individual
- limited
- on-target
- outright
- peculiar
- precise
- reserved
- restricted
- right on
- set
- sole
- special
- specialized
- straight-out
- unambiguous
- unequivocal
- unique
- abrupt
- aphoristic
- boiled down
- breviloquent
- brusque
- clear-cut
- clipped
- close
- compact
- compendiary
- compendious
- concise
- condensed
- crisp
- cryptic
- curt
- cut to the bone
- elliptical
- epigrammatic
- exact
- gnomic
- in a nutshell
- incisive
- laconic
- lean
- neat
- pithy
- pointed
- precise
- sententious
- short and sweet
- snappy
- succinct
- summary
- taut
- to the point
- trenchant
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