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bright adjective (LIGHT)

/braɪt/ adj
full of light, shining
bright sunshine
The rooms were bright and airy.
The lights are too bright in here - they're hurting my eyes.
A bright star was shining in the East.
When she looked up her eyes were bright with tears.
In 1983 I moved to London, attracted by the bright lights (= the promise of excitement) of the city.

brightness

noun

/ˈbraɪt.nəs/ n [U]

brightly

adverb

/ˈbraɪt.li/ adv

(Definition of bright adjective (LIGHT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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