brilliant
adjective
shining brightly; sparkling; glittering; lustrous.
brilliantly
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a word derived from
brilliant.
Example Sentences
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Miss Marple encapsulates this idea of older women becoming invisible and being seen as no longer capable, and obviously she refutes that every time so brilliantly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
You could have the smartest people in the world and the best relationships inside that company, all of them working brilliantly on exactly the wrong problem.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
"I just want to celebrate a brilliantly made movie that I felt was like a laser beam."
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
They defend the box brilliantly but there will still be a few weeks this season where teams run all over them because of the way they are set up.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Hermione emerged, coughing, out of the smoke, clutching the telescope and sporting a brilliantly purple black eye.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
