brightly

1. 1.

   with brightness

   “the stars shone brilliantly”

   “the windows glowed jewel bright”

   Synonymsbrilliantlybright

Questions about brightly

What does brightly mean?

brightly means "with brightness".

How many syllables are in brightly?

brightly has 2 syllables: bright-ly. The stress falls on "bright". In IPA it is /ˈbɹaɪtli/.

What is another word for brightly?

Close synonyms include brilliantly, bright. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is brightly a common word?

brightly is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.