Definition of radiant
radiantly
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Examples of radiant in a Sentence
She had a radiant inner glow.
She looked radiant at her wedding.
Recent Examples of radiant from the Web
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Scenic designer Brian Sidney Bembridge uses a dramatic, rolling ring of scaffolds and a radiant backdrop.
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The subtly dazzling guitars can break loose into some sweet shredding, but the radiant, soulful harmonies of singers Leah Woods and Julia Stephenson are the heart of the group.
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His work ranged from eye-tingling abstractions that emphasized color and pattern to create illusions of radiant light that buzzed on the retina.
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Adrienne Lecker's radiant voice and emotional lyrics will shake you to the core.
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Visitors are taken through Geisel’s boyhood bedroom, his grandparents’ bakery and brewery and different rooms painted in brilliant blues and radiant reds, and decorated in almost fanatical detail with scenes from the books.
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Visitors are taken through Geisel’s boyhood bedroom, his grandparents’ bakery and brewery and different rooms painted in brilliant blues and radiant reds, and decorated in almost fanatical detail with scenes from the books.
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Visitors are taken through Geisel’s boyhood bedroom, his grandparents’ bakery and brewery and different rooms painted in brilliant blues and radiant reds, and decorated in almost fanatical detail with scenes from the books.
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In their place was a deep vulnerability and a radiant openness that gave the audience permission to connect, empathize and even hurt with Oswalt before allowing laughter to offer a path toward healing.
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First Known Use of radiant
15th century
Synonym Discussion of radiant
radiant
Definition of radiant
: something that radiates: such asa : a point in the heavens at which the visible paths of meteors appear to meet when traced backwardb : the part of a gas or electric heater that becomes incandescent
First Known Use of radiant
circa 1741
RADIANT Defined for English Language Learners
radiant
playDefinition of radiant for English Language Learners
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: having or showing an attractive quality of happiness, love, health, etc.
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: bright and shining
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: sent out from something in rays or waves that you cannot see
RADIANT Defined for Kids
radiant
playDefinition of radiant for Students
1 : giving out or reflecting rays of light the radiant sun
2 : glowing with love, confidence, or joy a radiant smile
3 : transmitted by radiation
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