All 6 Uses of
luminous
in
The Memory Keeper’s Daughter
- The woman on the bed had large eyes, darkly luminous in her face.†
p. 29..5
- And on the dresser David's daffodils, delicate as skin and almost luminous, collecting the light from the hall.
p. 52..9 *luminous = glowing or shining
- Moonflowers, white and faintly luminous, climbed the hillside.†
p. 221..2
- Caroline looked at the Polaroid in her hand: the luminous garden and Phoebe's smile, a fleeting moment caught, already gone.†
p. 222..3
- She wore a sweater the color of rust shot through with luminous strands of orange, and over this a man's green-and-black plaid flannel shirt.†
p. 267..3
- She walked across cobblestones to the pension, painted pale yellow and faintly luminous, its window boxes spilling flowers.†
p. 335..9
Definition:
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(luminous) glowing or shining
(also used metaphorically to describe beauty or intelligence)