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beautiful or splendid(splendid is magnificent, impressive, or brilliant)
- a resplendent uniform
resplendent = beautiful or splendid
- resplendent with gold lace and embroidery
- The bird is called a Resplendent Quetzal because of its beautiful, shimmering colors.
- Gilderoy Lockhart was walking onto the stage, resplendent in robes of deep plum and accompanied by none other than Snape, wearing his usual black.J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Resplendent in his white tuxedo, Hunter smiles up at me as Pastor Keith pours water over his head, makes him a child of God.Ellen Hopkins -- Glass
- He says, "Ah, boys, boys, You can make up your own minds but first stock them. Are you listening to me? Stock your minds and you can move through the world resplendent."Frank McCourt -- Angela's Ashes
- We must believe that the gates of Heaven were thrown open to receive her ransomed spirit, and that a crown resplendent with glory was placed upon her peaceful browOlive Ann Burns -- Cold Sassy Tree
- The camerlegno looked at her, his green eyes resplendently sane.Dan Brown -- Angels & Demons
- I'll levy thine attendance: Why waste so vainly thy resplendence?Goethe (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) -- Faust
- Razor creases on his pants and resplendent white shirts were his trademarks.Junot Diaz -- Drown
- Eve tugged her into an alcove resplendent with potted ferns.J.D. Robb -- Immortal in Death
- Everyone was dressed resplendently.Lisa See -- Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
- Olaf was a Norse chieftain: straight, sunny-haired, large-limbed, resplendently amiable to his subjects.Sinclair Lewis -- Main Street
- To Catherine he appeared resplendent; it was some time before she could believe again that this beautiful young man was her own exclusive property.Henry James -- Washington Square
- "I t is desirable to put a stop to these ruinous extremities, as well for the sake of our country as yours," said the resplendently uniformed admiral.David G. McCullough -- 1776
- Two resplendent cars came shooting at full speed into the parking lot and stopped with a flourish of screeching brakes.Ayn Rand -- Atlas Shrugged
- Empress of this fair world, resplendent Eve!John Milton -- Paradise Lost
- He wore a resplendent dressing-gown and embroidered slippers.Agatha Christie -- Early Cases Of Hercule Poirot
- He broke the horsehair plume away, and down it fell, resplendent with fresh purple, in the dust.Homer -- The Iliad
- Presently he came out of his white bathroom, resplendent in his new silk underwear, and playing with the tassels of his red robe.Willa Cather -- Paul's Case
resplendent = magnificent or impressive
resplendent = beautiful or splendid
resplendent = beautiful or splendid
resplendent = beautiful or splendid
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