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brightly

adv
/ˈbɹaɪtli/

Etymology

From Middle English brightliche, from Old English beorhtlice, equivalent to bright + -ly.

  1. inherited from beorhtlice
  2. inherited from brightliche

Definitions

  1. In a bright manner.

    • The sun was shining brightly, making me squint.
    • The visitors started brightly and had an early chance when Valencia's experienced captain David Albeda gifted the ball to Fernando Torres, but the striker was caught by defender Adil Rami as he threatened to shoot.
    • She looked brightly at Grandmamma, who nodded and said, 'Yes, it's yours now.'

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at brightly. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at brightly. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at brightly

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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