Bright: Definition and part of speech

Bright

  1. adv. Brightly.
  2. v. i. See Brite, v. i.
  3. a. Radiating or reflecting light; shedding or having much light; shining; luminous; not dark.
  4. a. Transmitting light; clear; transparent.
  5. a. Having qualities that render conspicuous or attractive, or that affect the mind as light does the eye; resplendent with charms; as, bright beauty.
  6. a. Having a clear, quick intellect; intelligent.
  7. a. Sparkling with wit; lively; vivacious; shedding cheerfulness and joy around; cheerful; cheery.
  8. a. Illustrious; glorious.
  9. a. Manifest to the mind, as light is to the eyes; clear; evident; plain.
  10. a. Of brilliant color; of lively hue or appearance.
  11. 1adv. 1 Brightly.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

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