Literary notes about brilliant (AI summary)
The term “brilliant” is employed with great versatility in literature, often serving to illuminate both literal and metaphorical qualities. It can describe a sudden flash of ingenuity or a noteworthy idea—as when a character’s thought is portrayed as brilliant to signal innovation ([1], [2]). At other times, the word paints vivid scenes of nature or urban landscapes, evoking dazzling vistas and luminous colors that enhance the reader’s sensory experience ([3], [4], [5]). Equally, “brilliant” marks exceptional achievement and character, whether referring to an impressive success, a striking personality, or an epoch of remarkable stature ([6], [7], [8]). In each usage, the term enriches the narrative by blending tangible radiance with abstract excellence, creating layers of meaning and vivid imagery throughout the text ([9], [10]).
- And near that was a toy department, and I had a brilliant idea.
— from The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance by H. G. Wells - These were the brilliant ideas which now invaded my brain.
— from A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne - But strangest was it to listen to the hot silence, to look up at the brilliant stripe of blue between the adobe walls, while over there—!
— from The Best Short Stories of 1917, and the Yearbook of the American Short Story - The sun rose the next day in a cloudless sky, and shone on a brilliant sea of tumbling, white-capped waves.
— from The Best Short Stories of 1917, and the Yearbook of the American Short Story - This slants up and strikes the long leaves and the huge brilliant blossom of a strange plant whose twisted stem projects from right front.
— from Plays by Susan Glaspell - At Erfurt her success had been brilliant.
— from War and Peace by graf Leo Tolstoy - These being over, the conversation began to be (as the phrase is) extremely brilliant.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding - He has had a very interesting and brilliant career.
— from An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde - Glossy black hair, brilliant dark grey eyes, faultless features.
— from Rilla of Ingleside by L. M. Montgomery - As it descended, its dusky rays crossed the brilliant ones of the sun, and deadened or distorted them.
— from The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
