Both Uses of
lucid
in
Nicholas Nickleby
- Mrs Curdle had sat listening to this lucid explanation with great complacency.†
Chpt 24 *
- Wherefore, although the good lady had been subjected to a full hour's preparation by little Miss La Creevy, and was now addressed in most lucid terms both by Nicholas and his sister, she was in a state of singular bewilderment and confusion, and could by no means be made to comprehend the necessity of such hurried proceedings.†
Chpt 33
Definition:
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(lucid) of a person: capable of thinking clearly
or:
of language: clearly expressed so it is easily understood