sunlit
English
Etymology
sun + lit
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsʌnˌlɪt/
Adjective
sunlit (comparative more sunlit, superlative most sunlit)
- Illuminated by sunlight.
- 1907, Robert William Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 24962326:
- "My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects; […]."
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Translations
illuminated by sunlight
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See also
- candlelit
- moonlit
- starlit
Anagrams
- insult, unlist, unslit