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
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Recent Examples of luminously
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.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for luminously
brightly
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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
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“Luminously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/luminously. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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