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Bright

adjective

1.

Emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts. "A bright sunlit room"

2.

Having striking color. Synonyms: brilliant, vivid. "Brilliant tapestries" , "A bird with vivid plumage"

3.

Characterized by quickness and ease in learning. Synonym: smart. "Smart children talk earlier than the average"

4.

Having lots of light either natural or artificial. "A stage bright with spotlights"

5.

Made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow. Synonyms: burnished, lustrous, shining, shiny. "A burnished brass knocker" , "She brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves" , "Rows of shining glasses" , "Shiny black patents"

6.

Splendid. "A bright moment in history" , "The bright pageantry of court"

7.

Not made dim or less bright. Synonym: undimmed. "Surprisingly the curtain started to rise while the houselights were still undimmed"

8.

Clear and sharp and ringing. Synonym: brilliant. "The brilliant sound of the trumpets"

9.

Characterized by happiness or gladness. "All the world seems bright and gay"

10.

Full or promise. Synonyms: hopeful, promising. "The scandal threatened an abrupt end to a promising political career" , "A hopeful new singer on Broadway"

adverb

1.

With brightness. Synonyms: brightly, brilliantly. "The windows glowed jewel bright"

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"Bright" Quotes from Famous Books

... abashed mixture of mauvaise honte and desperate assertion call itself artistic, and claim cousinship with the artist—who delights in the dainty, the sharp, bright gaiety of beauty? ...

— The Gentle Art of Making Enemies • James McNeill Whistler

... simple. Tesla measured them carefully before sending them on.... This one could be relied upon to work intelligently, to talk to workingmen at their benches and during noon hours without antagonizing, or, worse, frightening them. Another was dubious. His eyes were too bright. He would be discovered and arrested by the company. But he might do some good. The arrest of a radical always did some good to the cause. Where would Christianity have been without the incompetent ...

— Erik Dorn • Ben Hecht

... followers. He was in the 55th year of his age and the 13th of his reign, and in some traits of character reminded men of his grandfather, the devout Nial "of the Showers." The Bards have celebrated the justice of his judgments, the goodness of his heart, and the comeliness of his "brunette-bright face." He left a son of age to succeed him, (and who ultimately did become Ard-Righ,) yet the present popularity of Melaghlin of Meath triumphed over every other interest, and he was raised to the monarchy—the first of his family who had yet attained that honour. Hugh, the son of Nial, ...

— A Popular History of Ireland - From the earliest period to the emancipation of the Catholics • Thomas D'Arcy McGee

... He was thinking how he had been delayed from going to Mrs. Preston's, and how strange was this promenade down the fashionable boulevard where he had so often walked with Miss Hitchcock on bright Sundays, bowing at every step to the gayly dressed groups of acquaintances. He was taking the stroll for the last time, something told him, on this hot, stifling July afternoon, between the rows of deserted houses. In twenty-four hours he should be a part of them ...

— The Web of Life • Robert Herrick

... some Turkish battles in glaring colors, and declined to enter into any conversation with our hero. Walter's mouth watered for a bright picture of Grecian chivalry. But what good did it do? He had no money; and, besides, he was out for ...

— Walter Pieterse - A Story of Holland • Multatuli

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