as in bright
in a manner marked by the shining or reflecting of much light
the cat's eyes shone glowingly from the dark corner
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Recent Examples of glowingly
In a phone interview with The Star, Berry and Shana spoke glowingly about the progress their son has made in the program, where a team of three personal assistants carefully manages his care and takes him on outings around their home in Parkville.
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Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 16 Feb. 2026
Draymond Green, in a recent episode of his podcast, spoke glowingly of Kuminga’s character.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026
Sullivan spoke glowingly about his meeting with Whittingham and the direction of the program.
—Austin Meek, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2026
On Tuesday, Bellinger's agent, Scott Boras, spoke glowingly about his client at the winter meetings in Orlando.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
Sherry often talked glowingly about Pan Am, Grigsby said.
—Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2025
Several other content creators have spent time travelling through Afghanistan, glowingly sharing stories about how men can still be men, given the Taliban’s preservation of traditional values.
—T. M. Brown, New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2025
Notwithstanding the death of her husband some years ago, these look like the golden years — very golden, as glowingly lensed by DP Virginie Surdej — to which pretty much everyone aspires.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
The Seahawks great has previously partnered with USAA before and speaks glowingly of his sharing this experienced with military members.
—Dj Siddiqi, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 16 Feb. 2026
Draymond Green, in a recent episode of his podcast, spoke glowingly of Kuminga’s character.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026
Sullivan spoke glowingly about his meeting with Whittingham and the direction of the program.
—Austin Meek, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2026
On Tuesday, Bellinger's agent, Scott Boras, spoke glowingly about his client at the winter meetings in Orlando.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
Sherry often talked glowingly about Pan Am, Grigsby said.
—Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2025
Several other content creators have spent time travelling through Afghanistan, glowingly sharing stories about how men can still be men, given the Taliban’s preservation of traditional values.
—T. M. Brown, New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2025
Notwithstanding the death of her husband some years ago, these look like the golden years — very golden, as glowingly lensed by DP Virginie Surdej — to which pretty much everyone aspires.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
The Seahawks great has previously partnered with USAA before and speaks glowingly of his sharing this experienced with military members.
—Dj Siddiqi, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for glowingly
Adverb
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Adding a rinse aid will allow glassware to shine more brightly after going through the dishwasher.—
Taylor Tobin,
Southern Living,
13 Feb. 2026
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For the director, the most important improvement came to the opening credits, which feature white text on a stark white background, as brightly colored breakfast cereal cascades in slow motion onto a boy’s upturned face.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
10 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Bogdanovich’s breakthrough came in 1971 with The Last Picture Show, an ensemble drama about growing up in a small Texas town, sensitively told and luminously shot.—
Lili Anolik,
Vanity Fair,
12 Jan. 2026
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Tarr went on to direct the accomplished The Man From London, which starred Tilda Swinton, before retiring after The Turin Horse, a luminously stark period chamber drama about a father and his adult daughter living alone in the barren Hungarian countryside over the span of about a week.—
Tim Grierson,
Rolling Stone,
6 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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At each end of the table were enormous jugs of excellent cider, and their host had four fine and radiantly healthy daughters, aged 16 to 20, whom Brillat-Savarin admired at every turn.—
Jeffrey Steingarten,
Vogue,
23 Nov. 2025
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“Glowingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glowingly. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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