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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. With radiant or beaming brightness; with glittering splendor.
  2. By radiation; in the manner of rays; radiatingly.

Wiktionary

  1. adv. In a manner that is radiant. Glowingly.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adv. In a radiant manner; with glittering splendor.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adv. in a radiant manner

Examples

  • “Though the painting’s watery foreground was obscured by an ocean of people, Turner’s sky and buildings remain radiantly visible, proof that they easily match his much vaunted seas and waterscapes, of which Ruskin once said: The surface of quiet water with other painters becomes fixed.”

    2008 December 24 | NIGEL BEALE NOTA BENE BOOKS

  • “Why, say, like that she's what the poets call radiantly divine -- eh, what? ”

    The Miracle Man

  • “You will quickly discover that it is physically impossible to remain blue or depressed while you are acting out the symptoms of being radiantly happy!”

    Simon & Schuster: Make Yourself Unforgettable

  • ““Mmmm, your light amplification is stimulating my emissions!” she moaned radiantly.”

    Fictionaut: -And Lurking Behind Quasar 3C295 . . .

  • “She smiled radiantly, turned, nodded kindly to me and the teenager, and walked proudly with quick steps and pushed through the aluminum glass door.”

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  • “He was better known as a studio photographer of radiantly beautiful women as well as society and showbusiness figures, politicians and royalty – work that made him rich enough to set up his studio in the palatial 33-room former home of the artist Sir John Everett Millais in Kensington.”

    The Guardian: National Portrait Gallery to put EO Hoppé back in the frame

  • “All points shone radiantly, luminous in their nets of quantum energies.”

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  • “The author's studied irreverence in "Unfamiliar Fishes" not only grates; it leaches all meaning out of radiantly full moments in religious life.”

    The Wall Street Journal: History With Wisecracks

  • “But the aging fop cheats on her like mad, which gives hope to the schlubby, radiantly unsuccessful Hardy scholar played by American stage actor Bill Camp.”

    NPR: 'Tamara' And 'Funny Story': Uneasy, But Amusing

  • “The sun was full upon her, and she stood out radiantly against the black shadow of the wall beyond.”

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