1. Cheerful and bright; SYN. glad.
2. Pleased and proud.
3. Radiating or as if radiating light; SYN. beamy, effulgent, radiant, refulgent.
Broad in the beam.
ETYM French brillant, from briller to shine or sparkle (cf. Pr. and Spanish brillar, Italian brillare), from Latin beryllus a precious stone of sea-green color, Prov. Italian brill. Related to Beryl.
1. Characterized by or attended with brilliance or grandeur; SYN. glorious, magnificent, splendid.
2. Full of light; shining intensely.
3. Of surpassing excellence; SYN. superb.
ETYM Latin radians, -antis, p. pr. of radiare to emit rays or beams, from radius ray: cf. French radiant. Related to Radius, Ray a divergent line.
1. Emitting or proceeding as from a center; rays; radiating; radiate.
2. Especially, emitting or darting rays of light or heat; issuing in beams or rays; beaming with brightness; emitting a vivid light or splendor.
3. Beaming with vivacity and happiness.
4. Having a raylike appearance, as the large marginal flowers of certain umbelliferous plants; -- said also of the cluster which has such marginal flowers.
Luminously; radiantly; cheerfully; intelligently; clearly
In a glossy manner, shinily
In a radiant manner.
Radiantly, brightly, brilliantly