Adjective : the luminous ballroom. ,a luminous concept; luminous prose. ,a concise, luminous report. From Dictionary.com.
Her eyes widened, as luminously dark as the fabric. From Wordnik.com. [Genesis]
Showing in the blue abysm vistas luminously strange. From Wordnik.com. [The Voyage of Magellan] Reference
It fell luminously, with a loud report, and scattered in a field. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of the Damned] Reference
"That's exactly where it comes in," Mr. Dod exclaimed luminously. From Wordnik.com. [A Voyage of Consolation (being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of 'An American girl in London')] Reference
Other insects squirmed luminously across the path in front of her. From Wordnik.com. [Reiffeins Choice] Reference
Spinoza and Hegel, a difference which was luminously brought out by. From Wordnik.com. [Problems of Immanence: studies critical and constructive] Reference
It was luminously clear; yet the sky was overcast, no stars showing. From Wordnik.com. [The Metal Monster] Reference
Alas! the luminously lighted jewels of the order were no longer there. From Wordnik.com. [The Tale of Lal A Fantasy] Reference
Some twenty years ago, this view of the case was luminously expounded by. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845] Reference
Atop the mounts were grim-faced humans in luminously polished plate mail. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Wing]
The couple of days in the big tent at Woodstock highlighted it luminously. From Wordnik.com. [James S. Gordon: Woodstock Wisdom] Reference
His face was luminously pale, but his hair seemed brushed and freshly beaded. From Wordnik.com. [Wolves Eat Dogs]
If he might do so more luminously and cheaply he would tick out in four words. From Wordnik.com. [The Ambassadors] Reference
The gemstones glowed luminously, their large facets sparkling with rich color. From Wordnik.com. [Genellan- Planetfall]
Her eyes in the semi-darkness were luminously big; her face, her whole body quivered. From Wordnik.com. [The Rim of the Desert] Reference
Given that, everything, luminously, like the pieces of a puzzle, had fallen into place. From Wordnik.com. [Cinnamon Roll] Reference
Now the dawn was coming, and the water rippled luminously as Tom looked over the embankment. From Wordnik.com. [Tom of the Raiders] Reference
Yet her eyes were luminously dark, her hair was dark, the tips of her white breasts were dark. From Wordnik.com. [Stallion Gate]
The general aspect of the book is that of a composition meant to be luminously analyzed and arranged. From Wordnik.com. [Classic French Course in English] Reference
Nevertheless this is the psycho-tropism of science to all "thunderstones" said to have fallen luminously. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of the Damned] Reference
She luminously shades in an ambiguous period with lavish strokes of humanity, unbridled passion and mystery. From Wordnik.com. [Portrait of an Unknown Woman: Summary and book reviews of Portrait of an Unknown Woman by Vanora Bennett.] Reference
Diplomatists seldom desire to be comprehended; but occasionally, when they do, how luminously plain they can be!. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 6, December 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
His eyes shone darkly and luminously from their deep, hollow sockets, and upon his thin, wan, white lips there was. From Wordnik.com. [Cord and Creese] Reference
It crackled luminously toward the source of power within the walls, disappeared within them, but it did not detonate. From Wordnik.com. [Harpist in the Wind]
Blake here again illustrates the primordial crisis (Grk. krinein = division) already imaged so luminously on Plate 13. From Wordnik.com. [Bringing About the Past] Reference
His quotations from the poets, of high character, were most feelingly and most luminously given, as by one inspired with the subject. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1838] Reference
From what I have seen in South Africa and China, I feel and know it -- luminously know it in the marrow of my intelligence -- that for that. From Wordnik.com. [Impressions of a War Correspondent] Reference
Streep's performance is one of luminously diffident grief: full of moues, flushes, and hesitations in speech often unavailable on the page. From Wordnik.com. [You Oughtta Be in Pictures] Reference
"What can I do for'ee, friend?" asked the hump-back; peering at the grimy, half-naked miner, with his little ferrety eyes glowing luminously. From Wordnik.com. [Drolls From Shadowland] Reference
Indeed, many signs of that universal calamity which, while the visit of Riccabocca lasted, she had permitted herself to consider ambiguous, now became luminously apparent. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851] Reference
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