as in bright
in a manner marked by the shining or reflecting of much light
he tenderly caressed her lustrously soft hair
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Adverb
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Researchers believe the dinosaur's crest — a large bony ridge rising from the top of the dinosaur's skull — was brightly colored and covered in keratin.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
1 Mar. 2026 -
National Geographic also warned that while some planets, like Venus or Jupiter, might glow brightly, others, like Neptune, may only be visible through binoculars or a telescope.—
Isa Almeida,
Oklahoman,
27 Feb. 2026
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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
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“Lustrously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lustrously. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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