Adjective : an incandescent masterpiece; incandescent wit. ,the incandescent vitality of youth. From Dictionary.com.
He's a guy that people describe as incandescently brilliant, but he's also a guy who is radically different than he at times portrayed himself. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 30, 2006] Reference
She stood, her scaled skin glowing incandescently in the darkness. From Wordnik.com. [Hellgate London Covenant] Reference
They show incandescently hot steel, not molten steel — there is a difference. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » The Latest 9/11 “Truther”–Fidel Castro:] Reference
He knew what to expect finally when the flame ate incandescently at the hard rock. From Wordnik.com. [The Voyage of the Space Beagle]
He is, however, professionally-lit and I mean incandescently, not mind-alteringly. From Wordnik.com. [The Return of Ze Frank] Reference
Devotees of this incandescently funny novel may quarrel with my brief summary here. From Wordnik.com. [John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...] Reference
Switters blushed so incandescently he could have hired out his face as a beer sign. From Wordnik.com. [Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates]
Madame Ko, blushing incandescently at the colonel's reference, acknowledged the greeting. From Wordnik.com. [Villa Incognito]
Then came the unexpected; their joined hands flashed briefly, incandescently; too bright to look on. From Wordnik.com. [Oathblood]
TheaterMania said, "every single production element coalesces into one incandescently seamless whole.". From Wordnik.com. [Michael Giltz: Exclusive: Tony Winner Jim Norton Kicks Up His Heels In "Finian's Rainbow"] Reference
First, he needs to make it incandescently clear that Wright doesn't speak for him in any meaningful way. From Wordnik.com. [Jonah Don't Preach] Reference
It stopped a few yards short, and took in the piles of incandescently glowing scrap metal littering the street. From Wordnik.com. [Analog Science Fiction and Fact]
The sun shone incandescently through the fabric of the white hood, from behind, casting the face into deep shadow. From Wordnik.com. [THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK] Reference
The masses, still falling upon and through and past themselves and each other melted-boiled'vaporized incandescently. From Wordnik.com. [Gray Lensman]
And still, a deep desire for a feeling of manliness for the last time before they die burns incandescently in their bosoms. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » What More Can I Say?] Reference
Once again, some rather obvious BSG plot holes are paved over by incandescently good acting from the cast, particularly Edward James Olmos on top form as Adama. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-05-01] Reference
Before getting any further, let us note the incandescently obvious that Goals 1-3 are Major Goals and Goal 4 is a sort of “Nice but Not Necessary” sort of thing. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » The Anti-Terror Right’s Incentive Problem] Reference
A layperson will say something is “molten” when it is actually just “incandescently hot”, but the temperatures needed to achieve these two states are quite different. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » The Latest 9/11 “Truther”–Fidel Castro:] Reference
Reclusive Leftist had some long and incandescently angry posts on the subject, too, from a far-left feminist POV. From Wordnik.com. [Libertarian Blog Place] Reference
The story of all three major races (VA, NJ, and NY-23) is that this conventional wisdom was incandescently wrong and ill-advised. From Wordnik.com. [From On High] Reference
In an inconceivably short time, the eight-inch thickness of tungsto-iridium alloy flared incandescently and began to flow sluggishly. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Star Passes] Reference
I am truly and incandescently in love with the twilight saga. From Wordnik.com. [Entertainment Weekly's Hollywood Insider] Reference
It glowed incandescently as a sunbeam slanted across his face. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Gipper's 'Long Goodbye'] Reference
On the other hand, Somebody’s Darling brought a permanent friend, the incandescently lovely Diane Keaton, into my life. From Wordnik.com. [HOLLYWOOD] Reference
JOY leaped incandescently inside Melissa. From Wordnik.com. [The Rich Man's Royal Mistress]
The Hurt Locker) was good, but I actually preferred his co-star Anthony Mackie, who is incandescently charismatic and dangerously cool. From Wordnik.com. [Film | guardian.co.uk] Reference
It is unashamedly, incandescently OK. From Wordnik.com. [Eurogamer] Reference
Ivan grinned incandescently. From Wordnik.com. [worlds in a grain of sand] Reference
Beata beamed incandescently. From Wordnik.com. [Soul of the Fire]
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