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starlit

[ stahr-lit ]

/ ˈstɑr lɪt /

adjective

lighted by the stars: a starlit night.

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Sometimes star·light·ed [stahr-lahy-tid] /ˈstɑrˌlaɪ tɪd/.

Origin of starlit

First recorded in 1820–30; star + lit¹

Words nearby starlit

starlike, starling, starling's curve, starling's hypothesis, starling's law, starlit, starquake, starr, starred, starry, starry grasswort

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Example sentences from the Web for starlit

It's irresistible deliciousness, obviously, not fare like Starlit and The Brave and Dead or Alive.
Left Behind at Borders|Bill Morris|April 22, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Nicole Jacobsen, a nursing student, decides to pass on Starlit.
Left Behind at Borders|Bill Morris|April 22, 2011|DAILY BEAST
As they reached the little plot of ground before her house they looked up into the starlit, moonlit sky.
Around the Yule Log|Willis Boyd Allen
Her meal at Dr Tom's had given her strength, and under the starlit sky she struggled on.
Settling Day|Nat Gould

The night was clear, starlit and breezy after the hot September day.
Victor's Triumph|Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth
I stepped out upon the verandah, and there I paused, gazing into the depths of the starlit night.
Madame Chrysantheme|Pierre Loti
A long swing—the shadows and patterns on the starlit deck were all shifting.
Brigands of the Moon|Ray Cummings

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