resplendentlyadv.
/rᵻˈsplɛnd(ə)ntli/, U.S. /rəˈsplɛndən(t)li/, /riˈsplɛndən(t)li/ In a resplendent manner; brilliantly.
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the world > matter > light > intensity of light > [adverb] > brilliantly
resplendentlyc1487
breme1584
refulgently1626
fulgently1662
vividly1668
resplendidly1796
brilliantly1813
lucidly1820
vivida1821
c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica iv. 325 The denne..relucent and resplendelently [read resplendently] shynyng.
1624 A. Darcie tr. Originall of Idolatries Ep. Ded. sig. a2 Others..desire..to cause resplendently to shine, the Light, and claritie of Truth.
1647 R. Baron Εροτοπαιγνιον 47 As Cynthia among nights Fry, So Adrias shines resplendently.
1721 R. Fern Treat. Celestial Work & Worship iii. 134 The more they debase themselves before him, so much the more resplendently will the divine Glories break forth.
1797–1803 J. Foster Jrnl. in Life & Corr. J. Foster (1846) I. 174 A still pool..shining resplendently in the morning sunshine.
1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock (1861) 160 Miserable dogs mostly, for all their fine clothes—always resplendently, though dirtily, attired.
1875 W. S. Hayward Love against World 4 With the squire's red coat shining resplendently on the box.
1918 J. T. McIntyre Ashton-Kirk, Criminologist xxiv. 294 A magnificent necklace of diamonds which gleamed resplendently under the lights.
1972 Brit. Jrnl. Polit. Sci. 2 15 The Greek Orthodox Church..had its priests resplendently bearded.
2004 New Yorker 26 Jan. 90/2 An entire novel resplendently poetic and loftily sorrowing..has appeared.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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