radiantly
2
3.6
- adverb
- /ˈreɪdiəntli/
:
radiante
- A photo taken during their honeymoon cruise: they’re both smiling radiantly as they hold between them a trophy of a dancing couple.
- smiled radiantly
- radiantly happy
- radiantly beautiful
Examples
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"You must be Princess Scarlet!" Scarlet was being addressed by a radiantly beautiful young woman of about her own age.
Fiction book (1991) -
Lady Windermere's birthday dawned radiantly.
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"For a moment he appeared radiantly happy."
Fiction book (2002) -
But when the president entered, the cameras caught Melania looking radiantly happy.
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Didn't Betty look radiantly beautiful?
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But he was always in radiantly good spirits, a fact that novelist Jim Harrison noticed once when he was in town.
Academic text (2011) -
And when her next partner bumped her into the fat man and he said, "Pardon," she smiled at him more radiantly than ever.
Fiction book (2001) -
She is smiling at Ada radiantly and with sympathy, and she is moving her small hand.
Fiction book (2001) -
"Alexa is radiantly happy."
Fiction book (1990) -
She walked into the room, radiantly smiling and lighting up everyone’s day.
Synonyms
69
1.0
In a way that has a lot of light or that looks happy
23
1.0
In a cheerful, lively way that shows happiness
11
1.1
In a very happy way that shows delight
9
3.3
Shining with a very bright, strong light
5
3.0
In a way that shows great happiness and excitement
5
5.2
In a cheerful, lively way that shows happiness
3
2.5
In a happy, friendly way
2
5.3
In a very bright and impressive way
2
3.5
Shows lively energy and bright color
2
2.9
In a very happy way that shows pleasure
1
5.3
In a very bright or very fast way
1
5.3
In a way that gives off bright light
1
8.3
In a bright and beautiful way that impresses people
1
7.7
Very brightly like a light, or showing strong feeling on someone's face
A person smiles in a bright, happy way
In a way that shines brightly or looks very good
In a very bright, clear way
In a way that shines with many small bright flashes of light
In a way that shines and seems very impressive
In a happy, laughing way
In a happy way without worry
Antonyms
How Bright
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Radiantly comes from the Latin word radius, meaning 'ray' or 'sunbeam', and the same root is in radiate and radius. Think of a smile that sends out rays of light like the sun, because radiantly means being 'bright' or 'glowing' with happiness.