Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
brightness
IPA transcription: [bɹ'aɪtnəs]
Pronunciations of brightness
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noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
brightness
Meaning:
the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white
Usage examples
Her cheek, her eye had a child's brightness.
She was staring at the wall, and her eyes had a burning brightness in them.
Everything was ready, and all the pomp and brightness of the court was there.
Clearly defined decisions, unregretted, faded into the brightness of anticipation.
As he raised his hands to it, its brightness was such as to make a flame on his face.
the apples were beginning to ripen, and lit up the whole palace with their brightness.
I am told that even now my eyes have a strange brightness, a swift alertness of movement.
Their brightness might unexpectedly attract certain dangerous occupants of these waterways."
The contrast between its twilight and the brightness of the courtyard is quite in his manner.'
The hall was full to overflowing when the prisoner entered it, and all marvelled at the brightness of his face.
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