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luminous
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  • Ron threw the cloak back over them as the luminous eyes of Mrs. Norris came round the door.  (source)
  • When I have been truly searching for my treasure, every day has been luminous, because I've known that every hour was a part of the dream that I would find it.  (source)
    luminous = shining or beautiful
  • Her bare skin looked luminous, and her face was slightly flushed.  (source)
    luminous = glowing (beautiful)
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  • Those big blue eyes and the luminous, infrequent smiles reminded her of someone she couldn't name.  (source)
    luminous = shining (perhaps beautiful)
  • As he followed it, the brightness at the entrance behind him faded and was replaced by a faint luminosity reflecting off the walls from somewhere ahead.†  (source)
  • The sky is luminously blue, with large woolly clouds.†  (source)
  • Above the blunt, cold rake of the automatic his face had that serene, unearthly luminousness of angels in church windows.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
  • Montag saw the luminous dial of his waterproof [watch].  (source)
    luminous = glowing
  • A luminosity emanated from the floor, which faded farther up, to be replaced by the light from the windows.†  (source)
  • The walls had been paneled with varnished pine board in which the knots shone luminously; Susan Marie's curtains were of a clean, smooth yellow, tied off crisply behind careful bows, ruffled, valanced, and undertiered.†  (source)
  • The full moon, hidden by veils of cloud, threw a pale phosphorescent luminousness over the heavens, and the towers of the church stood up black against this silvery fleece.†  (source)
  • Using this method, he obtained a luminous substance that burned with an intensity such as had never been seen before.  (source)
  • Even the greens, her favorite shades of greens, flee the trees and assault her with luminosity.†  (source)
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