glaringly
UK/ˈɡlɛəɹɪŋli//ˈɡlɛɹɪŋli/
glaringly adverb: with intense light.
Adverb
glaringly (comparative more glaringly, superlative most glaringly)
- With intense light.
- […] the light now on, now off, now on too glaringly, now too dimly, with the glow of a fitful dying battery—then at last to know the whole town plunged into darkness […]1947, Malcolm Lowry, chapter 5, in Under the Volcano, New York: Reynal & Hitchcock
- The ground was covered with snow, glaringly white even under that pinpoint Sun.1958, Robert A. Heinlein, chapter 7, in Have Space Suit—Will Travel, New York: Ballantine, published 1977, page 114
- So as to be highly visible or obvious; so as to attract notice or attention.
- The error was glaringly obvious, yet nobody said anything about it.
- Cecilia was quite confounded by this speech; to have it known that Delvile had visited her, was in itself alarming, but to have her own equivocation thus glaringly exposed, was infinitely more dangerous.1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, London: T. Payne & Son, and T. Cadell, Volume 4, Book 7, Chapter 9, p. 133
- Synonyms:
- blatantly
Examples of glaringly in a sentence
- After dusk in Bedford Square you could see into the high first-floor windows of publishers’ offices, the walls of bookshelves and often a huddle of figures at a glaringly lit party.2011, Alan Hollinghurst, The Stranger’s Child, London: Picador, Part Four, Chapter 1:
- ‘How can you lie so glaringly to the poor child?’ I called from the inside.1847, Emily Brontë, chapter 22, in Wuthering Heights:
Synonyms of glaringly
Forms of glaringly
| comparative | more glaringly |
|---|---|
| superlative | most glaringly |
Origin of glaringly
From glaring + -ly.
Questions about glaringly
- What does glaringly mean?
- Glaringly means with intense light.
- How do you use glaringly in a sentence?
- After dusk in Bedford Square you could see into the high first-floor windows of publishers’ offices, the walls of bookshelves and often a huddle of figures at a glaringly lit party.
- What part of speech is glaringly?
- Glaringly is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce glaringly?
- Glaringly is pronounced /ˈɡlɛəɹɪŋli/ (UK).
Words near glaringly in the dictionary
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