adv
Meaning 1
In a brilliant manner; with brilliance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
brilliantly
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CMU ARPABET: B R IH1 L Y AH0 N T L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adverb
Meaning 2
in an extremely intelligent way
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he solved the problem brilliantly
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 3
with brightness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the stars shone brilliantly
- the windows glowed jewel bright
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: brightly, bright
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English brilliant Middle English -ly English -ly English brilliantly From brilliant + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: ярко (jarko) — in a brilliant manner
- Catalan: brillantment — in a brilliant manner
- Czech: zářivě — in a brilliant manner
- Esperanto: brile — in a brilliant manner
- Finnish: loistavasti — in a brilliant manner
- French: brillamment — in a brilliant manner
- Galician: brillantemente — in a brilliant manner
- Hungarian: zseniálisan — in a brilliant manner
- Polish: błyskotliwie — in a brilliant manner
- Polish: błyskotnie — in a brilliant manner
- Polish: błyszcząco — in a brilliant manner
- Portuguese: brilhantemente — in a brilliant manner
- Romanian: strălucit — in a brilliant manner
- Romanian: strălucitor — in a brilliant manner
- Spanish: brillantemente — in a brilliant manner
- Ukrainian: блиску́че (blyskúče) — in a brilliant manner