Usually means: Exceptional display of intelligence or skill.
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  1. brilliancy: Merriam-Webster
  2. brilliancy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. brilliancy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. brilliancy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. brilliancy: Vocabulary.com
  6. Brilliancy, brilliancy: Wordnik
  7. brilliancy: Wiktionary
  8. brilliancy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. brilliancy: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. brilliancy: Dictionary.com
  11. Brilliancy (chess): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. brilliancy: Rhymezone
  13. brilliancy: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  14. brilliancy: FreeDictionary.org
  15. brilliancy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. brilliancy: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. brilliancy: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. brilliancy: Encyclopedia

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Brilliancy: Extragalactic Astronomy

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Brilliancy: Chess Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (brilliancy)

noun:  A shining quality; brilliance.
noun:  An act of being brilliant.
noun:  (chess) A spectacular and beautiful game of chess, generally featuring sacrificial attacks and unexpected moves.

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