as in bright
in a manner marked by the shining or reflecting of much light
with lights burning as incandescently as the midday sun, soundstages on early color films often reached 100 degrees
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brightly
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Honnold was also fitted with a mike, and his intermittent comments remained brightly impersonal.—
Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026 -
In addition, the researchers observed that the object shines brightly in X-rays and emits strong radio waves.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Incandescently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incandescently. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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