shiningly

In gleaming fashion

In a shining manner—with brightness, radiance, or brilliance.

The word is rare, appearing mostly in literary contexts where an adverb is needed to describe how something glows or gleams: The moon hung shiningly above the water.

More often, writers choose constructions like "shone brightly" instead.

radiant

luminous

Emitting or reflecting light

glowingGiving off steady light
beamingSmiling very broadly
resplendentImpressively beautiful, richly shining

effulgent · incandescent · dazzling · brilliant · ablaze · blazing · lambent · aglow · alight · warmly

sparkling

glittering

Shining with small flashes

twinklingRapid, intermittent shining
scintillatingBrilliantly lively or witty
shimmeringGleaming with wavering light

glistening · coruscating · flickering · glinting · flashing · iridescent · prismatic · starlike · crystalline · dewlike

polished

lustrous

Softly bright, reflective

glossySmooth and shiny
buffedRubbed to shine
burnishedPolished by rubbing

sleek · gleaming · satiny · silken · smooth · waxed · lacquered · varnished · glazed · sheeny

reflective

mirror-like

Reflecting images clearly

glassySmooth and shiny
specularMirror-surfaced, image-returning
silveryPale metallic sheen

metallic · pearlescent · moonlit · luminescent

Opposites

light emission/brightness

shininglydimly

With weak illumination

darkly · dully · faintly · murkily · shadily

figurative brilliance/excellence

shininglydully

Without liveliness or sharpness

dimly · poorly · feebly · weakly · unremarkably

Phrases

knight in shining armorIdealized rescuing hero
shining lightOutstanding inspiring person
shining armorPolished protective knight's suit
The Shining
shining example
knight in shining armourHeroic figure who rescues

Family

shining, outshining

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