word | brilliant |
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definition | adjective A brilliant person, idea, or performance is extremely clever or skilful . She had a brilliant mind. Her brilliant performance had earned her two Golden Globes. It is a very high quality production, brilliantly written and acted. He was a deeply serious musician who had shown his brilliance very early. You can say that something is brilliant when you are very pleased about it or think that it is very good. If you get a chance to see the show, do go–it's brilliant. My sister's given me this brilliant book. It's extremely hard working together but on the whole it works brilliantly. A brilliant career or success is very successful . He served four years in prison, emerging to find his brilliant career in ruins. The raid was a brilliant success. The strategy worked brilliantly. A brilliant colour is extremely bright . The woman had brilliant green eyes. ...a brilliant white open-necked shirt. Many of the patterns show brilliantly coloured flowers. ...an iridescent blue butterfly in all its brilliance. You describe light, or something that reflects light, as brilliant when it shines very brightly. The event was held in brilliant sunshine. It was 250 million times more brilliant than the Sun. It's a brilliantly sunny morning. His eyes became accustomed to the dark after the brilliance of the sun outside. |
inflections | brilliantlybrilliancebrilliantlybrilliantlybrilliantlybrilliancebrilliantlybrilliance |
cefr-level | A2 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:a2
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