Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a lustrous manner; brilliantly; luminously.

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  • adverb In a lustrous manner, glossily.

Etymologies

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lustrous +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • A sampler of lemon sorbet was sound, a little too ingratiatingly sweet, perhaps, but the apple crumble ice-cream was sensational: lustrously thick and creamy, yet light, its flavours true and clean.

    Swansea's top 10 budget eats 2011

  • Lubricating my limber legs with a creamy lotion that electrifies my luminescent captivation, lustrously.

    Courtney Stodden's Tweets Are Fascinating 2011

  • We soaked him in epoxy and varnish and now he shines lustrously in the cool fall sun.

    Reid Stowe & Soanya Ahmad: Varnishing the Wave God Reid Stowe 2010

  • We soaked him in epoxy and varnish and now he shines lustrously in the cool fall sun.

    Reid Stowe & Soanya Ahmad: Varnishing the Wave God Reid Stowe 2010

  • On its ground floor, executive director Amy Tobin showed me some salvaged-wood tables, benches, and a lustrously smooth black-acacia countertop created by Paul Discoe, an ordained Buddhist priest whose Oakland-based company, Live Edge, utilizes lumber from urban street trees that have been cut down due to storm damage, disease, and other reasons.

    Anneli Rufus: Rainwater Toilets and Slag: Touring Berkeley's Greenest Building 2009

  • I would have to change the subject immediately to something like the kind of mousse and gel combo I had to use to make my 5th grade permed hair look lustrously wet and beautiful.

    Thu Tran: All About Party Food 2009

  • Fracas, that mother of all big floral scents, the strange, kinky Diva Tubereuse Criminelle, and the lustrously beautiful Carnal Flower.

    Archive 2007-07-01 Marina Geigert 2007

  • On the other hand, rival stations Nine and Seven, who attack ten so lustrously for all of this, are the ONLY stations that actually aired footage of the thing!

    big bother 2006

  • The first impact of this specimen is its color: brilliant, lustrously shiny yellow.

    In Pictures: Highlights Of Marc Weill's Mineral Collection Missy Sullivan 2006

  • The eyes of the patient sparkle lustrously, and become suffused with water.

    How I Found Livingstone Henry Morton 2004

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