candlelit

American  

[kan-dl-lit] / ˈkæn dlˌlɪt /

adjective

1. lit light by candles.

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Etymology

Origin of candlelit

candle + lit ¹

Example Sentences

Fashionable portraits and moonlit landscapes back home, then success with candlelit interiors and portraits of Wright’s friends in the Lunar Society of Enlightenment scientists.

From The Wall Street Journal

Moments before the workshop, participants sit at candlelit tables exchanging horoscopes and comparing their favorite flowers.

From Los Angeles Times

Ahead of the ceremony, she warmed Manchester up with a radiant, candlelit charity gig at the city's Albert Hall venue on Thursday.

From BBC

I walked around The Village, glancing through candlelit windows where families ate their suppers or children were snuggling in their beds.

From Literature

And once it expanded to 17 regular-season games in 2021, it became inevitable that people would have to decide between bone-crushing hits and candlelit dinners—that extra game pushed the Super Bowl into the second week of February.

From The Wall Street Journal