(s)clear-cut, distinct, trenchantclearly or sharply defined to the mind“clear-cut evidence of tampering”, “Claudius was the first to invade Britain with distinct...intentions of conquest”, “trenchant distinctions between right and wrong”
(s)clear, clean-cut, clear-cutclear and distinct to the senses; easily perceptible“as clear as a whistle”, “clear footprints in the snow”, “the letter brought back a clear image of his grandfather”, “a spire clean-cut against the sky”, “a clear-cut pattern”