luminously

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Contrary to their name, dark stars could typically have glowed a billion times more luminously than the sun and grown to a million times its mass.

From Scientific American • Jul. 20, 2023

The sun was getting lower and the sky was still luminously blue.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2022

The home’s exterior is strikingly charred shou-sugi-ban Douglas fir; inside, it’s luminously light and open.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 24, 2021

The next road-crosser that night was a juvenile eastern newt, the length of a finger and luminously orange under headlamps.

From New York Times • May 18, 2020

The walls had been paneled with varnished pine board in which the knots shone luminously; Susan Marie’s curtains were of a clean, smooth yellow, tied off crisply behind careful bows, ruffled, valanced, and undertiered.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson