BRILLIANTLY in a Sentence

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242 example sentences for BRILLIANTLY, such as:

1. I thought it brilliantly clever.
2. Winning that race was just brilliant.
3. This song has a brilliant piano intro.
4. She is brilliant but her work lacks organization.
5. The report is a brilliant condensation of several years'work.

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 Meanings and Examples of BRILLIANTLY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
brilliantly
 ad.  brightly; radiantly
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  One window, looking east, brilliantly illuminated to symbolize--she could work that out when the time came.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 11
2  I thought it brilliantly clever.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 11
3  Although a fog rolled over the city in the small hours, the early part of the night was cloudless, and the lane, which the maid's window overlooked, was brilliantly lit by the full moon.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THE CAREW MURDER CASE
4  When Clifford was roused, he could still talk brilliantly and, as it were, command the future: as when, in the wood, he talked about her having a child, and giving an heir to Wragby.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
5  His rooms were brilliantly lit, and, even as I looked up, I saw his tall, spare figure pass twice in a dark silhouette against the blind.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In I. A Scandal in Bohemia
6  We had only been a few hours in Devonshire, and that he should give up an investigation which he had begun so brilliantly was quite incomprehensible to me.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In I. The Adventure of Silver Blaze
7  There were also perhaps a dozen candles about, two in brass candlesticks upon the mantel and several in sconces, so that the room was brilliantly illuminated.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In I
8  At one time it had for a little while glowed more brilliantly again, but it speedily reverted to its sullen red heat.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In XI
9  The day was warm for April and the golden sunlight streamed brilliantly into Scarlett's room through the blue curtains of the wide windows.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
10  It was as brilliantly polished as the one below, but here at least she could burn a few papers with less risk of incurring her aunt's disapproval.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 9
11  The sky was brilliantly blue, and the sunlight on the glittering white stretches of prairie was almost blinding.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: IX
12  From under the lining he now produced a collection of brilliantly coloured paper figures, several inches high and stiff enough to stand alone.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XI
13  The center of the placard was occupied by a house, brilliantly painted, new, and dazzling.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
14  Tom's cabin was shut up for the present; but George expatiated brilliantly on ornaments and additions to be made to it when Tom came back.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
15  The room was a pleasant one, at the top of the house, overlooking the sea, on which the moon was shining brilliantly.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 13. THE SEQUEL OF MY RESOLUTION
Example Sentence: (32 in 3 pages)
16  Winning that race was just brilliant.
17  The report is a brilliant condensation of several years'work.
18  The skier's brilliant performance earned him the highest score of the day.
19  With all good wishes for a brilliant and happy Christmas season.
20  This song has a brilliant piano intro.
21  The smooth surface of the lake reflected back the brilliant moonlight.
22  The refreshing meal, the brilliant fire, the presence and kindness of her beloved instructress, had roused her powers among them.
23  While maybe the metaphor is a little stretched, Sharon's comparison is mostly brilliant.
24  Lynn watch in astonishments as her coworkers arrogate the credit for her brilliant work in the project.
25  Not only grandmothers bore you with stories about their brilliant grandchildren; grandfathers dote on the little rascals, too.
26  The brilliant lawyer was known for his perspicacious deductions.
27  Some thought Salvador Dali was a brilliant painter; others dismissed him as a poseur.
28  She is brilliant but her work lacks organization.
29  One of the top pianists of today, she is a giant, consistently brilliant.
30  Matilda, a brilliant mathematician and prodigious reader, is loathed by her benighted parents.