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BNC: 15627 COCA: 17570

— illuminating

adjective [more illuminating; most illuminating]
BNC: 15627 COCA: 17570

illuminating

adjective

il·​lu·​mi·​nat·​ing i-ˈlü-mə-ˌnā-tiŋ How to pronounce illuminating (audio)
: providing insight, clarity, or understanding : highly informative
an illuminating remark/discussion
… much of the information is quite illuminating Glenn Kenny
illuminatingly adverb

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Some of these missives are more illuminating, and funnier, than others. Eric Weiner, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2022 For unexplained reasons, the justices have stopped announcing their decisions from the bench, abandoning a tradition that is both ceremonial and illuminating. New York Times, 3 July 2022 The most illuminating and moving discussion takes place between these men in a prison cell. Richard Kuipers, Variety, 27 July 2022 Amidst all the infighting, departures, and new members, the film is an intimate and illuminating examination of the private toll of a very public life. Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 13 July 2022 That is, what the Department of Defense chose to include — and exclude — is both interesting and illuminating. David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 26 June 2022 In the documentary’s most illuminating moments, the glow of Award Show J-Lo and the sweat of Dance Rehearsal J-Lo give way to allow occasional peeks into the real J-Lo, a woman who’s been swatting away asterisks on her record since the beginning. Helena Andrews-dyer, Washington Post, 16 June 2022 Whatever the power of the paintings — and that power is considerable — the doc is most illuminating as a tale of art establishment politics and the kind of groupthink that’s antithetical to the creative, nonconformist essence of art itself. Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 May 2022 Any surprises—both good and bad—about the company, department and role can come out of this question and be quite illuminating. Forbes, 15 Apr. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1644, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of illuminating was in 1644
BNC: 15627 COCA: 17570
illuminating

adjective

VERBS | ADVERB VERBSbe, prove有啟發性;證明有啟迪意義find sth感覺⋯有啟發性ADVERBextremely, fairly, very, etc.極富/相當有/很有啟發性especially, highly, most, particularly特別有啟發性;極富啟發性I found his talk most illuminating.我發現他的話特別有啟發性。not particularly不太有啟發性The information he'd gathered wasn't particularly illuminating.他搜集到的信息不太有啟發性。

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