illuminate
verb (used with object)
to supply or brighten with light; light up.
illuminatingly
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a word derived from
illuminate.
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a word derived from
illuminating.
illuminatingadjectivegiving or casting light.
Example Sentences
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World War II was the formative experience for more than one generation of British men, women and children, as Mr. Allport illuminatingly shows us.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
“Last Flight Home” is far more than simply a countdown of those days, but it is that, illuminatingly.
From New York Times ● Oct. 6, 2022
Indeed, in Sharon’s grand scheme for grand opera, one thing is also meant, in ways large and small, to lead illuminatingly to another.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2018
These are the things we’ve argued about in the past year and change, sometimes coarsely, sometimes tediously, but very often illuminatingly.
From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2016
"Due principally to the divorce courts and the bankruptcy laws," explained the man illuminatingly.
From The Tigress by Anne Warner
