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Antonyms for brilliantly

Grammar : Adv
Spell : bril-yuh nt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbrɪl yənt

Definition of brilliantly

Origin :
  • 1680s, from French brilliant "sparkling, shining" present participle of briller "to shine" (16c.), from Italian brillare "sparkle, whirl," perhaps from Vulgar Latin *berillare "to shine like a beryl," from berillus "beryl, precious stone," from Latin beryllus (see beryl). In reference to diamonds (1680s) it means a flat-topped cut invented 17c. by Venetian cutter Vincenzo Peruzzi.
  • adv very bright
  • adv in an intelligent manner
Example sentences :
  • The history of that controversy has been brilliantly told by Hazlitt.
  • Extract from : « Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle » by H. N. Brailsford
  • At his left, not a hundred steps away, was a room, brilliantly lighted.
  • Extract from : « Two Thousand Miles Below » by Charles Willard Diffin
  • There was a crush in the brilliantly lighted reception-rooms of the Elysée.
  • Extract from : « A Nest of Spies » by Pierre Souvestre
  • The Baron de Naarboveck's mansion was brilliantly illuminated.
  • Extract from : « A Nest of Spies » by Pierre Souvestre
  • I remember when I crossed the court how brilliantly the stars shone.
  • Extract from : « Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight » by Mathew Joseph Holt
  • The light came from a magnificent house, brilliantly illuminated.
  • Extract from : « England, Picturesque and Descriptive » by Joel Cook
  • It was brought out at Munich in January, 1781, and was brilliantly successful.
  • Extract from : « Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 (of 8) » by Various
  • It was brilliantly lighted, and with a good many people lounging about.
  • Extract from : « Under Western Eyes » by Joseph Conrad
  • The late Prince Metternich played well, but not brilliantly.
  • Extract from : « Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General » by Charles Lever
  • And once, we may be sure, it sparkled in the eyes of Kratzer's portrait as brilliantly as in his own.
  • Extract from : « Holbein » by Beatrice Fortescue

Synonyms for brilliantly

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