LUMINOUSLY Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

luminously

adverb

Definition of luminously

as in bright

in a manner marked by the shining or reflecting of much light in the soft candlelight her eyes sparkled luminously at him

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Recent Examples of luminously Japan has selected Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s luminously cerebral French-language feature All of a Sudden as its submission for the best international feature category at the 99th Academy Awards. — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026 Others are luminously, freakishly beautiful, in ways that seem designed to appeal to beings from other solar systems. — Rosa Lyster, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026 Bogdanovich’s breakthrough came in 1971 with The Last Picture Show, an ensemble drama about growing up in a small Texas town, sensitively told and luminously shot. — Lili Anolik, Vanity Fair, 12 Jan. 2026 Tarr went on to direct the accomplished The Man From London, which starred Tilda Swinton, before retiring after The Turin Horse, a luminously stark period chamber drama about a father and his adult daughter living alone in the barren Hungarian countryside over the span of about a week. — Tim Grierson, Rolling Stone, 6 Jan. 2026

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brightly

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In Los Angeles, for example, there’s a billboard that shows an image of a smiling girl wearing Meta glasses, with her fingers placed to draw attention to the recording light that shines as brightly as her grin.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2026
All three are in brightly colored dresses intertwined with flowers, birds, trees and mountains.

— Eileen Finan, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026

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