Meaning & use
you look so radiant
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Meaning
phrasefixed phrase
You appear very happy, healthy, or beautiful, as if you are glowing.
Grammar: 'Look' is a linking verb here, so it is followed by an adjective: look radiant, not look radiantly.
Patterns
- you look so radiant today
- you look radiant in something
You look so radiant in that dress—it really suits you.
After your vacation, you look so radiant and relaxed.
She told her friend, 'You look so radiant; are you in love?'
Common combinations
- look radiant with joy
- On her wedding day, she looked radiant with joy.
- look absolutely radiant
- You look absolutely radiant this morning.
- look radiant in white
- She looked radiant in white at the ceremony.
Synonyms and how they differ
- you look glowing
- Similar but often used for pregnancy or health; 'radiant' is broader and more emotional.
- you look beautiful
- Focuses on appearance; 'radiant' also suggests inner happiness.
Word family
- radiance noun
- Great happiness or beauty that seems to shine out.
- radiantly adverb
- In a way that shows great happiness or beauty.
Commonly confused: you look so radiant or radiantly?
you look so radiant vs radiantly
'Radiantly' is an adverb, so you say 'she smiled radiantly', not 'she looked radiantly'.
Practice
Which sentence is correct?
Choose one answer.
'Look' is a linking verb, so it takes an adjective: 'you look so radiant'. 'Radiantly' is an adverb and cannot follow 'look' directly.
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