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brilliant

/ˈbɹɪl.jənt/ adjective A2
  1. Shining brightly. · the brilliant lights along the promenade
  2. Both bright and saturated. · butterflies with brilliant blue wings
  3. Having a sharp, clear tone.
  4. Of surpassing excellence; magnificent. · The actor's performance in the play was simply brilliant.
  5. Highly intelligent. · She is a brilliant scientist.
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At the corner stood a drug store, brilliant with electric lights.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 25 · C1
Her freckles were more numerous and obtrusive than ever; the wind had ruffled her hatless hair into over-brilliant disorder; it had never looked redder than at that moment.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 64 · C1
“Oh, hasn’t it been a brilliant evening?” sighed Anne, when it was all over and she and Diana were walking home together under a dark, starry sky.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 197 · C1
They never meant to do any more--the Bandar-log never mean anything at all; but one of them invented what seemed to him a brilliant idea, and he told all the others that Mowgli would be a useful person to keep in the tribe, because he could weave sticks together for protection from the wind; so, if they caught him, they could make him teach them.
The Jungle Book, p. 37 · B2

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