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Webster 1913 Edition
Brightness
1.
The quality or state of being bright; splendor; luster; brilliancy; clearness.
A sudden
brightness
in his face appear. Crabbe.
2.
Acuteness (of the faculties); sharpness 9wit.
The
brightness
of his parts . . . distinguished him. Prior.
Syn. – Splendor; luster; radiance; resplendence; brilliancy; effulgence; glory; clearness.
Webster 1828 Edition
Brightness
BRIGHTNESS
,Noun.
1.
Acuteness, applied to the faculties; sharpness of wit; as the brightness of a man's parts.Definition 2024
brightness
brightness
English
Noun
brightness (usually uncountable, plural brightnesses)
- The quality of being bright.
- 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 5, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
- Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.
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- The perception elicited by the luminance of an object.
- Intelligence, cleverness.
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:intelligence
Translations
the quality of being bright
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the perception elicited by the luminance of an object
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intelligence, cleverness