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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At that moment, the sun began to shine brightly, the wind picked up and the curtain fluttered violently.—
Kamala Thiagarajan,
NPR,
26 Apr. 2026 -
But while the hallways look full and the display windows are brightly lit and well-stocked, many people enter and leave empty-handed.—
CNN Staff,
CNN Money,
23 Apr. 2026
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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
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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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“Lustrously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lustrously. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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