RIANTLY

Etymology

Adverb

riantly (comparative more riantly, superlative most riantly)

In a riant manner.

Source: Wiktionary


RIANT

Ri`ant", a. Etym: [F. riant, p. pr. of rire to laugh, L. ridere.]

Definition: Laughing; laughable; exciting gayety; gay; merry; delightful to the view, as a landscape. In such cases the sublimity must be drawn from the other sources, with a strict caution, howewer, against anything light and riant. Burke.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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