clarifying
/ˈklæɹɪfaɪ.ɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.21 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
adj
Example Sentences
- "Then after that process which Culverwel describes as so many strainings, refinings, and clarifyings, the mind is prepared for a true insight into the real nature of the world by way of intuition."
- "I found the book to be insightful and clarifying in a way that traditional career-focused books for women rarely are. Rather than lay out a prescriptive path, they really listened to women talk about their lives and challenges — how novel! — and illuminated areas of overlap, surfaced and clarified themes, and pointed out commonalities that extend beyond the borders of their graduating class. 2015 April 24, Erin Keane, “The Cooper Union Tragedy”, in The New Yorker: Perhaps the Attorney General’s investigation will shed an equally clarifying light upon the inner workings of the institution today."
- "Wash your hair with clarifying shampoo."