— luminously , adv. — luminousness , n.
/looh"meuh neuhs/ , adj.
1. radiating or reflecting light; shining; bright.
2. lighted up or illuminated; well-lighted: the luminous ballroom.
3. brilliant intellectually; enlightened or enlightening, as a writer or a writer's works: a luminous concept; luminous prose.
4. clear; readily intelligible: a concise, luminous report.
[ 1400-50; late ME luminosus. See LUMEN, -OUS ]
Syn. 1. lucid, radiant, resplendent, brilliant. 3. bright, intelligent. 4. understandable, perspicuous, lucid.
Ant. 1, 2. dark. 3. stupid. 4. obscure.