RADIANTLY Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

radiantly

adverb

Definition of radiantly

as in bright

in a manner marked by the shining or reflecting of much light under a radiantly clear sky, we raised our anchor and set off on a carefree cruise

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Recent Examples of radiantly The gorgeous part is the richness of Cleage’s characters, radiantly realized by all four actors under Jackson’s warm direction. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026 After a bit of back-and-forth, one of the crew members grabbed a plastic bag and handed it to a tall, radiantly handsome Canadian actor named Marc. — Chang Che, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026 At each end of the table were enormous jugs of excellent cider, and their host had four fine and radiantly healthy daughters, aged 16 to 20, whom Brillat-Savarin admired at every turn. — Jeffrey Steingarten, Vogue, 23 Nov. 2025

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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

Definition of brightly

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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

Definition of luminously

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