— radiantly , adv.
/ray"dee euhnt/ , adj.
1. emitting rays of light; shining; bright: the radiant sun; radiant colors.
2. bright with joy, hope, etc.: radiant smiles; a radiant future.
3. Physics. emitted or propagated by radiation.
4. Heraldry.
a. noting a partition line having a series of flamelike indentations formed by ogees joined in zigzags; rayonny.
b. (of a charge, as an ordinary) having an edge or edges so formed.
n.
5. a point or object from which rays proceed.
6. Astron. the point in the heavens from which a shower of meteors appears to radiate.
7. a refractory absorbing and radiating heat from the flames of a gas fireplace or the like.
[ 1400-50; late ME radiant- (s. of radians, prp. of radiare to radiate light, shine), equiv. to radi ( us ) beam, ray (see RADIUS) + -ant- -ANT ]
Syn. 1. beaming, refulgent, resplendent. See bright .
Ant. 1. dim.