adj.
VERBS
▪ be , look
ADVERB
▪ just , really , truly
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Her performance was truly ~.
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Winning that race was just ~. ( esp. BrE )
▪ absolutely , quite , totally , utterly
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an absolutely ~ idea
▪ technically
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Her performance was technically ~ but lacked feeling.
PREPOSITION
▪ at
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He's ~ at chess.
Brilliant is used with these nouns: ↑ acting , ↑ actor, actress , ↑ article , ↑ barrister , ↑ career , ↑ catch , ↑ colour , ↑ dancer , ↑ deduction , ↑ display , ↑ eye , ↑ feat , ↑ flash , ↑ footballer , ↑ future , ↑ goal , ↑ goalkeeper , ↑ golfer , ↑ gymnast , ↑ idea , ↑ insight , ↑ intellect , ↑ invention , ↑ job , ↑ journalist , ↑ lawyer , ↑ light , ↑ manoeuvre , ↑ mathematician , ↑ mind , ↑ move , ↑ musician , ↑ news , ↑ parody , ↑ performance , ↑ photographer , ↑ physicist , ↑ piece , ↑ plan , ↑ player , ↑ ray , ↑ red , ↑ satire , ↑ save , ↑ scarlet , ↑ scholar , ↑ scientist , ↑ sequence , ↑ shade , ↑ shot , ↑ solo , ↑ speaker , ↑ star , ↑ student , ↑ sun , ↑ sunlight , ↑ sunset , ↑ sunshine , ↑ surgeon , ↑ thinker , ↑ white