radiant
adjective
emitting rays of light; shining; bright.
radiantly
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a word derived from
radiant.
Example Sentences
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The thrust stage, representing Amahl’s humble house, is a simple wooden platform, open to a radiantly starry sky; a lively shepherds’ chorus swirls around it, and the Kings enter down the aisles through the audience.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2025
In no work does Schoenberg embrace the spirits of Brahms and Wagner more radiantly than in a “Gurrelieder.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2024
Anthony Hopkins also radiantly co-stars as his grandfather.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 18, 2023
A child with Tay-Sachs disease can appear radiantly healthy as a newborn but begins an inexorable decline by six months.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 18, 2022
An old woman with stringy arms and sunken temples and slow eyes rimmed by darkened circles of weariness, an altogether different creature from the plump, round-faced woman beaming radiantly from those grainy wedding photos.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
