luminouslyadv.
/ˈluːmᵻnəsli/, /ˈljuːmᵻnəsli/, U.S. /ˈlumənəsli/ In a luminous manner; with luminosity.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > clarity > [adverb]
openlyOE
clearly1340
lightsomely?1510
perspicuously1592
luculently1613
dilucidly1638
lucidlyc1705
luminously1816
transpicuously1852
pellucidly1868
limpidly1870
the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [adverb] > emitting light
luminously1884
1816 T. L. Peacock Headlong Hall ix. 130 So luminously expounding the nature of Owen Thomas's mistake.
1884 Harper's Mag. Aug. 362 Where swim medusæ luminously.
1888 H. R. Reynolds Expos. St. John xxi Vers. 14–18 are..eminently and luminously Johannine.
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