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illuminating

[ih-loo-muh-ney-ting] / ɪˈlu məˌneɪ tɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
lighting up
Synonyms


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This may put him on the outs with his colleagues in the academy, but it has made for a riveting and richly illuminating book.

From The Wall Street Journal

His advice is genuinely useful and his research illuminating for anyone trying to be a more creative thinker.

From The Wall Street Journal

We both settle back into our writing, the light of the afternoon illuminating our words.

From Literature

The evaluation I scheduled when I got back home was illuminating.

From The Wall Street Journal

The helicopter was still a ways off, but they could see its searchlight cutting through the darkness, illuminating the falling snow.

From Literature