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In some senses, glaringly is marked as figuratively, literally. Watch for register when choosing this word.
glaringly
UK /ˈɡlɛəɹɪŋli/ US /ˈɡlɛɹɪŋli/
adv 2
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4ADJ.
covered, under, white
VERB + GLARINGLY
figures, snow
PREP.
on, with
ADV.
dimly
Definitions
adv
1
In a glaring manner:
[…] the light now on, now off, now on too glaringly, now too dimly, with the glow of a fitful dying battery—then at last to know the whole town plunged into darkness […]
The ground was covered with snow, glaringly white even under that pinpoint Sun.
2
In a glaring manner:
The error was glaringly obvious, yet nobody said anything about it.
1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, London: T. Payne & Son, and T. Cadell, Volume 4, Book 7, Chapter 9, p. 133, Cecilia was quite confounded by this speech; to have it known that Delvile had visited her, was in itself alarming, but to have her own equivocation thus glaringly exposed, was infinitely more dangerous.
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[…] the light now on, now off, now on too glaringly, now too dimly, with the glow of a fitful dying battery—then at last to know the whole town plunged into darkness […]
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The ground was covered with snow, glaringly white even under that pinpoint Sun.
Wiktionary03
After dusk in Bedford Square you could see into the high first-floor windows of publishers’ offices, the walls of bookshelves and often a huddle of figures at a glaringly lit party.
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