a quality that outshines the usual

[ Syn: luster , lustre , brilliancy , splendor ]

the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand; for magnificence and personal service there is the Queens hotel; his `Hamlet lacks the brilliance that one expects; it is the university that gives the scene its stately splendor; an imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and colorful art; advertisers capitalize on the grandness and elegance it brings to their products

[ Syn: magnificence , brilliance , splendor , grandeur , grandness ]