Quiet individual was excellent

• Worked like a flashlight
• Beamed steadily
• Was resplendent
• Stood out as a nail head in a brogue?
• Provided light
• Made like a beacon
• Used high beams, perhaps

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v. be bright by reflecting or casting light; "Drive carefully--the wet road reflects" [syn: reflect ] emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light; "The sun shone bright that day"; "The fire beamed on their faces" [syn: beam ] be shiny, as if wet; "His ...

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Shone is a surname. Those bearing it include: Thomas Shone (1784-1868), British, 1820 Settler in South Africa John D. Shone (fl. 1960s), American physician, eponym of Shone's syndrome