Meanings
adjectivesunswept (comparative more sunswept, superlative most sunswept)
comparative more sunswept · superlative most sunswept
- Enjoying a great deal of sunshine.
Bossa nova, the quietly revolutionary Brazilian music that João Gilberto introduced 50 years ago, quickly became associated with the sunswept beaches and sweeping mountain vistas of Rio de Janeiro in songs like “Garota de Ipanema” (“The Girl From Ipanema”) and “Corcovado.”
2008 June 24, Jon Pareles, “A Seductive Urban Sound Hushes Carnegie Hall”, in New York Times
Origin
From sun + swept. Compare windswept.
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APA
sunswept. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sunswept
MLA
“sunswept.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sunswept. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sunswept,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sunswept.
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