starry

comparative starrier · superlative starriest

1. Having stars visible.

   starry night

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   Alyssa stared out of her window at the starry night sky.

   Synonyms: stelliferous · Antonyms: starless, unstarry

2. Resembling or shaped like a star.

   I shrank from the starry waters as they rose to my lip, but a power stronger than my will compelled me to their taste.

   1832, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Heath's Book of Beauty, 1833, The Enchantress, page 21

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   An old shrub long grown in gardens for its irregular yellow flowers of peculiar starry shape, coming from October to December.

   1904, Flora and Sylva, volume 2, page 90

3. Full of stars or celebrities.

   Despite a starry cast, the film performed poorly at the box office.

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   A starry 20th-anniversary revival of “Topdog/Underdog,” her Pulitzer Prize-winning fable about two brothers, three-card monte and one troubling inheritance, is in previews on Broadway.

   2022 October 5, Michael Paulson, “Suzan-Lori Parks Is on Broadway, Off Broadway and Everywhere Else”, in The New York Times

   After a bit of digging, we discovered she follows a stringent workout and nutrition regime, masterminded by Patrick Murphy — a celeb PT with a super-starry roster, including Zac Efron, Keanu Reeves and Ruby Rose — with a focus on overall health rather than aesthetics.

   2023 March 20, Rebecca Gillam, Bridie Wilkins, “Alexandra Daddario and her PT on how she built her Baywatch bod + her 10 regular workout rules”, in Women's Health

   Synonyms: star-studded

plural Starrys

1. A surname.