brightly, adv.
(ˈbraɪtlɪ)
[OE. beorhtl{iacu}ce, brihtl{iacu}ce, f. beorht, bright + -lice, -ly2.]
In a bright manner; brilliantly, clearly.
| c 1000 Ags. Gosp. Mark viii. 25 Swa þæt he beorhtlice [1160 Hatton brihtlice] eall ᵹeseah. a 1225 Ancr. R. 154 Þenne..schule ȝe al þis brihtliche understonden. Ibid. 170 Te brihtluker iseon ine heouene Godes brihte nebscheft. c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 3491 Ðo so spac god so briȝt-like, ðat alle he it herden. a 1300 Cursor M. 3320 A gold ringe þat brihtly schane. 1340 Ayenb. 150 Hi zyeþ briȝtliche..and al aboute ham. 1587 Golding De Mornay xv. (1617) 265 Some brightlyer and some dimlier. 1596 Shakes. Merch. V. v. i. 94 A substitute shines brightly as a King Vntill a King be by. 1725 Pope Odyss. xiv. 569 Till brightly-dawning shone The Morn. 1863 Geo. Eliot Romola i. xx. (1880) I. 273 A long narrow room, painted brightly like the other. 1882 Howells in Longm. Mag. I. 51 The grass is..brightly green. |