BRIGHTLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does brightly mean? 

• BRIGHTLY (adverb)
  The adverb BRIGHTLY has 1 sense:

1. with brightness

  Familiarity information: BRIGHTLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRIGHTLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

With brightness

Synonyms:

bright; brightly; brilliantly

Context example:

the windows glowed jewel bright

Pertainym:

bright (emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts)

 Context examples 

The sun shone brightly as our friends turned their faces toward the Land of the South.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

The moon shone brightly, and the white pebbles which lay in front of the house glittered like real silver pennies.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Because the central region glows very brightly, the detectors on space telescopes were saturated at the wavelengths SOFIA studied, similar to an overexposed photo.

(SOFIA Reveals How the Swan Nebula Hatched, NASA)

Heliconians have evolved to produce their own cyanide which makes them highly poisonous and they have distinct and brightly coloured wings which act as a warning to would-be predators.

(Butterflies are genetically wired to choose a mate that looks just like them, University of Cambridge)

These factors cause the jets to radiate brightly, and they can be seen in close-up studies of the region.

(Spitzer Studies a Stellar Playground With a Long History, NASA)

I am sure by month’s end, you will say that this month has had more brilliant facets than a diamond, and it will sparkle just as brightly.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

KELT-9 is a blue A-type star, which shines brightly but, unlike some other stars such as our own Sun, their life span is on the order of millions rather than billions of years.

(Astronomers reveal discovery of the hottest gas giant exoplanet known yet, Wikinews)

We see normal matter as brightly shining stars, glowing gas and clouds of dust.

(Dark Matter Less Influential in Galaxies in Early Universe, ESO)

This primate has a long dog-like muzzles, close-set eyes, heavy powerful jaws, thick fur, a short tail and often brightly colored ischial callosities.

(Baboon, NCI Thesaurus)

But, scientists rely on gamma rays, the most energetic form of light, to brightly flag what cosmic source is producing these neutrinos and cosmic rays.

(NASA’s Fermi Traces Source of Cosmic Neutrino to Monster Black Hole, NASA)