Synonyms of luminously

luminously

adverb

as in bright

in a manner marked by the shining or reflecting of much light

in the soft candlelight her eyes sparkled luminously at him

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bright
• brightly
• radiantly
• dazzlingly
• lustrously
• glowingly
• incandescently
• brilliantly
• splendidly
• blazingly
• burningly
• glitteringly
• fulgently
• lambently
• flamingly
• blindingly
• glaringly
• flaringly
• flickeringly
• pellucidly
• opalescently

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dimly
• dully
• darkly
• obscurely
• gloomily
• somberly
• murkily
• duskily
• shadily
• cloudily
• shadowily

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of luminously

As night fell and West Sacramento’s Ziggurat building glowed luminously, guests returned to the sampling tables for an array of desserts. — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 7 Sep. 2026

Japan has selected Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s luminously cerebral French-language feature All of a Sudden as its submission for the best international feature category at the 99th Academy Awards. — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026

Others are luminously, freakishly beautiful, in ways that seem designed to appeal to beings from other solar systems. — Rosa Lyster, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026

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

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