She smiled brightly at stranger.

Meaning: This sentence describes someone who showed happiness or amusement towards a person they do not know.

Choice of Words: Smiled means to form a pleasant expression with your mouth, typically showing happiness or amusement. Brightly means in a cheerful or radiant manner. Stranger is a person you do not know. When you put them together, it means she formed a pleasant expression with her mouth, typically showing happiness or amusement, at a person she does not know.

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She smiled brightly at the stranger.

Meaning: This means that she showed a happy expression on her face towards a person she did not know.

Choice of Words: Smiled means to form a happy expression on your face, typically with your mouth turned up at the corners. Brightly means with a lot of light or brightness. Stranger means a person that you do not know or are not familiar with. When you put them together, "She smiled brightly at the stranger" means that she showed a happy expression on her face towards a person she did not know.

She flashed a dazzling smile at the unknown person.

Meaning: This means that she showed a very bright and impressive happy expression on her face towards a person she did not know.

Choice of Words: Flashed means to move or appear quickly. Dazzling means very bright or impressive. Unknown person means a person that you do not know or are not familiar with. When you put them together, "She flashed a dazzling smile at the unknown person" means that she showed a very bright and impressive happy expression on her face towards a person she did not know.

Her face lit up with a radiant smile as she greeted the unfamiliar individual.

Meaning: This means that her face became very bright and shining as she showed a happy expression on her face towards a person she did not know.

Choice of Words: Lit up means to become bright or illuminated. Radiant means very bright or shining. Unfamiliar individual means a person that you do not know or are not familiar with. When you put them together, "Her face lit up with a radiant smile as she greeted the unfamiliar individual" means that her face became very bright and shining as she showed a happy expression on her face towards a person she did not know.

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