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Definition
glowing or shining
(also used metaphorically to describe beauty or intelligence)
(also used metaphorically to describe beauty or intelligence)
- 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
- The woman on the bed had large eyes, darkly luminous in her face.p. 29.5
- 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
There are no more uses of "luminous" in The Memory Keeper’s Daughter.
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