incandescent
adjective
(of light) produced by incandescence.
incandescently
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a word derived from
incandescent.
Example Sentences
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“He believed that he had failed as a son, a man, a writer,” someone observes of the dark, brooding, recessive and incandescently weird Franz Kafka in “Franz.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
In “Magnolia,” life is fundamentally, unavoidably, incandescently dramatic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2024
My problem is that I am still, irrationally, incandescently furious with my sister and brother-in-law on behalf of my son.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 28, 2023
Thousands have been evacuated this time, and local authorities have warned people not to go within five miles of the summit because of the risk of “volcanic bombs,” incandescently hot stones ejected by an eruption.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 6, 2022
In the corner of my eye, I could only see a hint of him—eyes as incandescently blue as the heart of fire, a briar of dark hair dewed with lagoon water.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
