Meanings
comparative more sunlit · superlative most sunlit
- Illuminated by sunlight.
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"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. [James Abbott McNeill] Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;[…]."
1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “Silverside”, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 282Synonyms: sunlighted
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveIlluminated by sunlight.
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Bulgarian огрян от слънце
- огрян от слънце (ogrjan ot slănce)illuminated by sunlight
Esperanto sunlumita
- sunlumitailluminated by sunlight
Greek ηλιόλουστος
- ηλιόλουστος (ilióloustos)illuminated by sunlight
Polish oświetlony światłem Słońca
- oświetlony światłem Słońcailluminated by sunlight
Spanish soleado
- soleadoilluminated by sunlight
Swedish solbelyst
- solbelystilluminated by sunlight
Ukrainian осві́тлений сонцем, со́нячний
- осві́тлений сонцем (osvítlenyj soncem)illuminated by sunlight
- со́нячний (sónjačnyj)illuminated by sunlight
- зали́тий со́нцем (zalýtyj sóncem)illuminated by sunlight
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sunlit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sunlit
“sunlit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sunlit. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sunlit,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sunlit.
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